Ev 1437

[hankir]

Please help:

16 Served in the past, standard’s taken in reckless deed (7)

Thanks.

[Spoffy]

A three-letter abbreviation for 'standard' that contains ('has taken in') an anagram ('reckless') of DEED - the answer is the past tense of an archaic word meaning 'to serve'.

[hankir]

Thanks spoffy.
Obscure word.