Priest cracking hints about contents of early cardinal's tomb (9)
I believe the answer is:
sepulchre
'tomb' is the definition.
(I know that sepulchre is a type of tomb)
'priest cracking hints about contents of early cardinal's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'priest' could be 'p' (ecclesiastical abbreviation) and 'p' is found within the answer.
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is located in the answer.
'cardinal' could be 'l' (similar in meaning) and 'l' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sepulchre that I've seen before include "Helps cure (anag)" , "Help curse (anag) - tomb" , "Burial place" , "Resting place" , "Burial chamber" .)