Aim for a high position in church? (6)
I believe the answer is:
aspire
'aim for' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a high position in church?' is the wordplay.
'high' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'highest of' mean this (top letter - down clues only)).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church?' becomes 'sire' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letter of 'position' is 'p'.
'p' inserted within 'sire' is 'spire'.
'a'+'spire'='ASPIRE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aspire that I've seen before include "Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal" , "Long" , "Aim, shoot for" , "I spare (anag.)" , "Have hopes (to achieve something)" .)