Anglican character has idiot getting in stew (9)
I believe the answer is:
casserole
'stew' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'anglican character has idiot getting in' is the wordplay.
'anglican' becomes 'ce' (Church of England).
'character' becomes 'role' (synonyms).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'idiot' becomes 'ass' (both can mean a stupid person).
'getting in' indicates putting letters inside.
'ce'+'role'='cerole'
'cerole' placed around 'ass' is 'CASSEROLE'.
(Other definitions for casserole that I've seen before include "Slow-cooked dish" , "Cook slowly" , "Make a stew" , "So cereals may be used for this oven-cooked covered dish" , "(Food cooked in a) stewpot" .)