Standard weapon in particular speech (8)
I believe the answer is:
parlance
'particular speech' is the definition.
'parlance' can be an answer for 'speech' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'particular' bit.
'standard weapon' is the wordplay.
'standard' becomes 'par' (standard of play in golf).
'weapon' becomes 'lance' (lance is a kind of weapon).
'par'+'lance'='PARLANCE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parlance that I've seen before include "Way of speaking" , "Conversation" , "Language" , "Earn clap for vocabulary of particular subject" , "Manner of speaking peculiar to a specific group" .)