Source of news heard in 1045 and 1115, for instance (5)
I believe the answer is:
times
'source of news heard in 1045' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'1115 for instance' is the wordplay.
'sss5' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'instance' becomes 'time' (time is a kind of instance).
's' put after 'time' is 'TIMES'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for times that I've seen before include "See 1" , "operator" , "Periods, ages" , "Paces" , "Newspaper - X" .)