Talk briefly with outspoken clergyman (8)
I believe the answer is:
chaplain
'clergyman' is the definition.
(I know that Chaplain is a type of clergyman)
'talk briefly with outspoken' is the wordplay.
'talk' becomes 'chat' (I've seen this before).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'with outspoken' becomes 'plain' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'chat' with its last letter taken off is 'cha'.
'cha'+'plain'='CHAPLAIN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chaplain that I've seen before include "Clergyman attached to an institution, such as the army" , "Regimental clergyman" , "man of God" , "'Member of the clergy, in a hospital, say (8)'" , "Armed services clergyman" .)