Recently stolen church vessel - check jumble (10)
I believe the answer is:
hotchpotch
'jumble' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'recently stolen church vessel check' is the wordplay.
'recently stolen' becomes 'hot' (I've seen this before).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'vessel' becomes 'pot' (pot is a kind of vessel**).
'check' becomes 'ch' (I've seen this in other clues).
'hot'+'ch'+'pot'+'ch'='HOTCHPOTCH'
(Other definitions for hotchpotch that I've seen before include "jumble" , "Confused mixture" , "Confused medley" , "confusion" , "Traditional stew" .)