Time at this point for a comforting word (5)
I believe the answer is:
there
'a comforting word' is the definition.
(as in there, there)
'time at this point' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't'.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'this point' becomes 'here' (I've seen this in other clues**).
't'+'here'='THERE'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for there that I've seen before include "In position" , "on that issue" , "comforting word" , "it may be said to be comforting" , "that's the point" .)