Bitter passion involving Bishop recalled in account (7)
I believe the answer is:
acerbic
'bitter passion' is the definition.
'acerbic' can be an answer for 'bitter' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'passion' bit.
'involving bishop recalled in account' is the wordplay.
'involving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (abbreviation for bishop in chess).
'recalled' becomes 'ceri' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'b' going inside 'ceri' is 'cerbi'.
'cerbi' inserted inside 'ac' is 'ACERBIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for acerbic that I've seen before include "Bitter, sour" , "Sharp, forthright" , "Acrimonious" , "Sour; sharp" , "Bitter-tasting" .)