Give papa scope to deliver a trite remark (9)
I believe the answer is:
platitude
'a trite remark' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'give papa scope' is the wordplay.
'give papa' becomes 'p' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'scope' becomes 'latitude' (latitude is a kind of scope).
'p'+'latitude'='PLATITUDE'
'to deliver' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for platitude that I've seen before include "Trite saying" , "Common place, say" , "bromide" , "Commonplace remark, banal or trite" , "overused phrase" .)