Where the standard remains capital (5)
I believe the answer is:
paris
'capital' is the definition.
(Paris is the capital of France)
'where the standard remains' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'standard' could be 'par' (standard of play in golf) and 'par' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'is' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paris that I've seen before include "Abductor of Helen" , "investment resulted from his action" , "where plaster comes from?" , "Prince of Troy - capital city" , "Eiffel Tower city" .)