Babes transported by second cleric (6)
I believe the answer is:
abbess
'cleric' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'babes transported by second' is the wordplay.
'transported' is an anagram indicator.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'babes' anagrammed gives 'abbes'.
'abbes'+'s'='ABBESS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abbess that I've seen before include "Person in charge of convent" , "Head of group of nuns" , "Mother superior" , "Superior nun" , "one with unmarried sisters in her care" .)
