Cleric takes times out to see father (5)
I believe the answer is:
daddy
'cleric' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'times out to see father' is the wordplay.
'times out' becomes 'dy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'see father' becomes 'dad' (dad is a kind of father).
'dy' put after 'dad' is 'DADDY'.
'takes' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for daddy that I've seen before include "Pa" , ">one of the Fathers" , "Papa" , "Child's father" , "Informal father" .)