Frank Biblical figure beyond the pale? (8)
I believe the answer is:
postmark
'frank' is the definition.
(I know that frank can be written as postmark)
'biblical figure beyond the pale?' is the wordplay.
'biblical figure' becomes 'mark' (mark is a kind of figure. I am not sure about the 'biblical' bit.).
'beyond' says to put letters next to each other.
'the pale?' becomes 'post' (pale can mean a wooden staff or post).
'mark' put after 'post' is 'POSTMARK'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for postmark that I've seen before include "Stamp cancellation" , "Frank" , "It is stamped on envelope" , "Stamp franking" , "It shows date and time of mailing" .)