A bishop among drunken actors and circus performers? (8)
I believe the answer is:
acrobats
'circus performers?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'a bishop among drunken actors' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'among' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are placed among others).
'drunken actors' becomes 'croats' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'b' put within 'croats' is 'crobats'.
'a'+'crobats'='ACROBATS'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for acrobats that I've seen before include "versatile performers" , "Circus tumblers" , "Circus athletes or gymnasts" , "Top performers" , "Athletic circus performers" .)