Rebus writer good having status (7)
I believe the answer is:
ranking
'status' is the definition.
(I know that ranking is a type of standing)
'rebus writer good' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'writer' could be 'i' (the person who is writing these clues) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'having' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ranking that I've seen before include "Assigning a position to" , "Place among seeds" , "position on graded scale" , "Status" , "Position in a hierarchy" .)