Reluctant to talk about a couple of bishops being dishonourable (6)
I believe the answer is:
shabby
'dishonourable' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'reluctant to talk about a couple of bishops' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is located in the answer.
'bishops' could be 'bb' (a chess abbreviation for bishop written twice) and 'bb' is found within the answer.
'reluctant' could be 'shy' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'shy' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'being' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shabby that I've seen before include "needing renovation" , "Ragged - mean" , "Of clothes, worn and threadbare (6)" , "Ill-dressed - mean" , "Scruffy; unfair" .)