Churchmen for whom a rude answer is too much! (5)
I believe the answer is:
deans
'churchmen' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'whom a rude answer is too much' is the wordplay.
'is too much' says the answer is hidden in the clue (the clue hides the answer plus unneeded letters).
'DEANS' is hidden in the letters of 'whom rude answer'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for deans that I've seen is " chief judges".)