Stories about nicer lochs (10)
I believe the answer is:
chronicles
'stories' is the definition.
('chronicle' can be a synonym of 'story')
'about nicer lochs' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'nicer'+'lochs'='nicerlochs'
'nicerlochs' is an anagram of 'CHRONICLES'.
(Other definitions for chronicles that I've seen before include "Book" , "events listed by The Times" , "records" , "Accounts" , "OT books; Holinshed work" .)