Bishop involved in test of ethnic group (6)
I believe the answer is:
tribal
'ethnic group' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'bishop involved in test' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (abbreviation for bishop in chess).
'involved in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'test' becomes 'trial' (synonyms).
'b' going inside 'trial' is 'TRIBAL'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tribal that I've seen before include "family" , "Relating to clans" , "Relating to a group of families" , "Of a traditional social group" , "socially divided" .)