Less likely to leave incriminating traces in government - and worshipped? (6)
I believe the answer is:
gloved
'less likely to leave incriminating traces' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'government and worshipped?' is the wordplay.
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'worshipped?' becomes 'loved' (similar in meaning).
'g'+'loved'='GLOVED'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gloved that I've seen before include "Wearing protective hand coverings" , "With hands covered" .)