Poet would need to swap places for religious leader (9,4)
I believe the answer is:
alexander pope
'poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'would need to swap places for religious leader' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'would' could be 'd' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'd' is found within the answer.
'leader' could be 'pope' (pope is a kind of leader) and 'pope' is found 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 alexander pope that I've seen before include "writer" , "wrote poetically about Man?" , "English poet, 1688-1744" .)