Clear stuff from what we hear at church and pass on (8)
I believe the answer is:
organdie
'clear stuff from what we hear' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'church and pass on' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'organ' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'pass on' becomes 'die' (pass on can mean to die).
'organ'+'die'='ORGANDIE'
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for organdie that I've seen before include "Translucent cotton fabric, usually stiffened" , "Fine stiffened translucent fabric" , "Oddly ignored a fine cotton muslin" , "Orange I'd changed for fine muslin" , "Cotton fabric used for dresses" .)