Divine authority admitted fruit of Eden was spotty (7)
I believe the answer is:
dappled
'spotty' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'divine authority admitted fruit of eden' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'fruit' could be 'apple' (apple is a kind of fruit) and 'apple' is located in the answer.
'divine' could be 'dd' (divine can mean theologian eg Doctor of Divinity) and 'dd' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'was' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dappled that I've seen before include "Mottled" , "Marked with spots or patches or shade" , "spotted with colour" , "Spotty" .)