Clerical office and shop at Biba endlessly rebuilt (9)
I believe the answer is:
abbotship
'clerical office' is the definition.
(office or position of an abbot)
'shop at biba endlessly rebuilt' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'rebuilt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'shop'+'at'+'biba'='shopatbiba'
'shopatbiba' with its last letter taken away is 'shopatbib'.
'shopatbib' with letters rearranged gives 'ABBOTSHIP'.
'and' is the link.
(Another definition for abbotship that I've seen is " monastery's post?".)
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