Crossword Genius

Start to concentrate before bishop leads meeting in intellectual manner (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cerebrally

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'start to concentrate before bishop leads meeting in intellectual manner' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'start to concentrate before bishop leads meeting in' is the wordplay.
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term for 'before').
'leads' says to take the initial letters.
'meeting in' becomes 'rally' (I have seen 'Mass meeting ' mean 'rally' so perhaps 'meeting' could also mean 'rally'. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
The first letter of 'concentrate' is 'c'.
The first letter of 'bishop' is 'b'.
'c'+'ere'+'b'+'rally'='CEREBRALLY'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for cerebrally that I've seen is " how the brain works?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app
Connecting...