Where there’s some stress at certain points (5)
I believe the answer is:
essen
'where' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'some stress at certain points' is the wordplay.
'some' suggests taking the first letters.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'certain' becomes 'es' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'points' becomes 'en'.
The first letter of 'stress' is 's'.
's' put after 'es' is 'ess'.
'ess'+'en'='ESSEN'
'there's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for essen that I've seen before include "German place name" , "German industrial city on the Ruhr" , "German industrial centre" , "city in the Ruhr valley" , "Krupp HQ (Ger.)" .)