Cleric in bother about scripture classes (6)
I believe the answer is:
priest
'cleric' is the definition.
(I know that priest is a type of cleric)
'bother about scripture classes' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'scripture' could be 'ri' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ri' is located in the answer.
'bother' could be 'pest' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'pest' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for priest that I've seen before include "Art spy" , "Vicar" , "Religious minister" , "person of religion" , "Spiritual leader" .)