Game priest plays all year gives him a healthy, reddish complexion (5)
I believe the answer is:
ruddy
'a healthy reddish complexion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'game priest plays all year gives him' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'game' could be 'ru' (rugby union) and 'ru' is found within the answer.
'year' could be 'y' and 'y' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ruddy that I've seen before include "blasted" , "Rosy" , "Looking healthy" , "Healthily red; sort of duck" , "Bright" .)