Place of refuge, over time, upheld in newspaper article (9)
I believe the answer is:
editorial
'newspaper article' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'place of refuge over time upheld' is the wordplay.
'place of refuge' becomes 'lair' (hideout or place of refuge).
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'time' becomes 'tide' (suffix meaning time eg Yuletide).
'upheld' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'lair'+'o'+'tide'='lairotide'
'lairotide' reversed gives 'EDITORIAL'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for editorial that I've seen before include "Chief newspaper article" , "Article giving opinion of a newspaper" , "Newspaper article - "I led a riot" (anag)" , "(Paper's) leader" , "leader, perhaps" .)