Cleric from school, nuisance about teaching scripture? (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
high priest
'cleric' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'school nuisance about teaching scripture?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'school' could be 'high' (high school is a kind of school) and 'high' is found within the answer.
'scripture?' could be 'ri' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ri' is found in the answer.
'nuisance' could be 'pest' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pest' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for high priest that I've seen before include "Not how this minister" , "cult leader" , "Senior clergyman" , "Chief religious official" , "Ecclesiastical dignitary" .)