Administration attempt by Goan town’s new church (10)
I believe the answer is:
governance
'administration' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'attempt by goan town's new church' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'attempt' could be 'go' (go is a kind of attempt) and 'go' is present in the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is located in the answer.
'church' could be 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England) and 'ce' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for governance that I've seen is " Control".)