Fearful priest facing Ely's crumbling stonework (10)
I believe the answer is:
peristyles
'crumbling stonework' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'fearful priest facing ely's' is the wordplay.
'fearful' indicates an anagram.
'facing' says to put letters next to each other.
'priest'+'elys'='priestelys'
'priestelys' with letters rearranged gives 'PERISTYLES'.
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