Stick around - one priest is doing a job in The Garden (8)
I believe the answer is:
clipping
'stick' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'around one priest is doing a job in the garden' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'priest' could be 'pp' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pp' is located in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clipping that I've seen before include "Cutting (from a newspaper?)" , "Striking sharply" .)