Fraud bound to have accepted church backing (6)
I believe the answer is:
deceit
'fraud' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bound to have accepted church backing' is the wordplay.
'bound' becomes 'tied' (similar in meaning).
'to have' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'accepted church' becomes 'ce' (Church of England. I am not sure about the 'accepted' bit.).
'backing' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'tied' placed around 'ce' is 'tieced'.
'tieced' in reverse letter order is 'DECEIT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deceit that I've seen before include "Fraud, falsity" , "Dissimulation" , "fake" , "Fraud, falseness" , "Fraudulence" .)