Clergyman soft on crime (6)
I believe the answer is:
parson
'clergyman' is the definition.
(I know that parson is a type of clergyman)
'soft on crime' is the wordplay.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for piano, 'soft').
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'crime' becomes 'arson' (crime of illegally starting a fire).
'p'+'arson'='PARSON'
(Other definitions for parson that I've seen before include "Churchman" , "Aprons (anag.)" , "service provider" , "A rector or vicar" , "Minister of religion" .)