Strait-Laced, We’re A Top Cleric

[satprof]

Alphapuzzle cryptic clue for today.

[emmie]

Pope??

[emmie]

Doubt that's it

[barry1010]

Primus

[davebro]

primate

[barry1010]

Definitely primus - head of Scottish Episcopal church.

Strait-laced = prim We're = us

[satprof]

Well done, barry. I was off on the wrong track altogether, thinking about synonyms for strait-laced. (Of course, prim is one, but the combination with ‘we’re’ was beyond me.)

There seem to be only four 6-letter locations in the grid, and two can be eliminated as containing unwanted (given) letters. After that, it’s a question of seeing what will fit, I think.

[barry1010]

I've no idea what an alphapuzzle is

[davebro]

/I've no idea what an alphapuzzle is/

It's a rectangular grid of squares where each square bears a number 1 to 26 representing a letter of the alphabet. Words are formed when the numbers are replaced by the appropriate letters. A clue is given to a "starter" word.

[barry1010]

Thanks, dave. Is it in a newspaper?

[davebro]

Daily & Sunday Express (& others)

[barry1010]

Ta

[mouseymick]

Primus .. 22,23,15,2,17,21 .. Q is 26 and X is 7