Shame to embrace the extremes of godliness for a place far from cleanliness (6)
I believe the answer is:
pigsty
'a place far from cleanliness' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'shame to embrace the extremes of godliness' is the wordplay.
'shame' becomes 'pity' (synonyms).
'to embrace' is an insertion indicator.
'the extremes of' suggests removing the centre.
'godliness' with its middle removed is 'gs'.
'pity' going around 'gs' is 'PIGSTY'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pigsty that I've seen before include "Dirty place; animal pen" , "Animal home in the farmyard" , "Without boots" , "Porker pen" , "Very dirty house" .)