Paper’s central section with scope for cliche (9)
I believe the answer is:
platitude
'for cliche' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'paper's central section with scope' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'scope' could be 'latitude' (latitude is a kind of scope) and 'latitude' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'p' remains 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 platitude that I've seen before include "Commonplace remark, banal or trite" , "overused phrase" , "Truism" , "that's nothing new" , "Licence" .)