Something that might occur in spell with cleric disrupted a privileged elite (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
magic circle
'something that might occur' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'spell with cleric disrupted a privileged elite' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'spell' could be 'magic' (synonyms) and 'magic' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'cleric' is 'circle' which is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for magic circle that I've seen before include "Conjurors' association" , "privileged group?" .)