Priority for coppers admitting breaking creed (10)
I believe the answer is:
precedence
'priority' is the definition.
(precedence is a kind of priority)
'coppers admitting breaking creed' is the wordplay.
'coppers' becomes 'pence' (I've seen this before).
'admitting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'breaking' is an anagram indicator.
'creed' is an anagram of 'reced'.
'pence' placed around 'reced' is 'PRECEDENCE'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Another definition for precedence that I've seen is " Priority".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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