Comfy position of English priest after what's confessed to him? (8)
I believe the answer is:
sinecure
'comfy position' is the definition.
(a sinecure is an easy but lucrative position)
'english priest after what's confessed to him?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'priest' could be 'cure' ('priest' in French) and 'cure' is present in the answer.
'him?' could be 'si' and 'si' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'n' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for sinecure that I've seen before include "Job for easy money" , "Insecure in easy job" , "Paid job involving little or no work" , "A job that pays well for little work" , "Soft job, may be insecure" .)