Mischievous piece on man of the cloth (10)
I believe the answer is:
archbishop
'man of the cloth' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'mischievous piece on' is the wordplay.
'mischievous' becomes 'arch' (I've seen this before).
'piece' becomes 'bishop' (bishop is a kind of piece**).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'arch'+'bishop'='ARCHBISHOP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for archbishop that I've seen before include "ecclesiastical dignitary?" , "Senior prelate" , "man of the church" , "Senior churchman" , "Laud" .)