John, say, finds bishop suitable first (7)
I believe the answer is:
baptist
'john say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'bishop suitable first' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'suitable' becomes 'apt' (apt means appropriate or fitting).
'first' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles 1st).
'b'+'apt'+'ist'='BAPTIST'
'finds' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for baptist that I've seen before include "Variety of Christian" , "Type of Christian" , "Member of a particular Christian group" , "Variety of Protestant" , "Protestant church member" .)