Prank in church, Michael? (6)
I believe the answer is:
clarke
'michael?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'prank in church' is the wordplay.
'prank' becomes 'lark' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'lark' placed into 'ce' is 'CLARKE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clarke that I've seen before include "Roddy Doyle's Paddy" , "Arthur C. --, author" , "composer of Trumpet Voluntary" , "Arthur C --, writer" .)