I hear descendant of Bishop runs away from reddenings (8)
I believe the answer is:
sunburns
'away from reddenings' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'i hear descendant of bishop runs' is the wordplay.
'i hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'descendant' becomes 'son' (I've seen this in another clue).
'of' indicates an anagram (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'son' sounds like 'sun'.
'b'+'runs'='bruns'
'bruns' is an anagram of 'burns'.
'sun'+'burns'='SUNBURNS'
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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