Wrong lighting wasting vicar's power (5)
I believe the answer is:
arson
This clue might be a double definition.
'wrong lighting wasting' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'vicar's power' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arson that I've seen before include "Malicious crime" , "Sonar (anag.)" , "Be pettish" , "criminal fire-raising" , "Malicious fire-lighting" .)