Exact payment for archdeacon to get old clothes (6)
I believe the answer is:
avenge
'exact payment for archdeacon to get old clothes' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'archdeacon to get old clothes' is the wordplay.
'archdeacon' becomes 'ven'.
'to get old' becomes 'age' ('age' can be a synonym of 'get old').
'clothes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ven' placed into 'age' is 'AVENGE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avenge that I've seen before include "Repay (a wrong)" , "Exact reparation for a wrong" , "Dish out a dose of own medicine" , "Get back at for (a wrong)" , "To seek vengeance" .)