French priest born in Lincoln? (4)
I believe the answer is:
abbe
'french priest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'born in lincoln?' is the wordplay.
'born' becomes 'b'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lincoln?' becomes 'abe'.
'b' inserted inside 'abe' is 'ABBE'.
(Other definitions for abbe that I've seen before include "Leading cleric" , "one such as Liszt" , "It's a French ecclesiastic, babe" , "Continental priest" , "French abbot" .)