Standards of Lamont, St John-Stevas and Tebbit? (5)
I believe the answer is:
norms
'standards' is the definition.
(I know this)
'of lamont st john-stevas and tebbit?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rms' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for norms that I've seen before include "Authorative standards" , "Standards of customary behaviour" , "Typical patterns or situations" , "Representative standards as of behaviour" , "They're usual or standard" .)