Related Clues:

• "Eat" or "drink," perhaps
• Part of speech from bishop backing retired vicar, perhaps
• Crow, but not magpie
• Word denoting action
• Short note written about part of speech
• After shortening, deliver best part of speech
• Kind of word sent round in brief note
• Move or groove
• Part of speech never bettered, but only part
• Part of speech, word for word? First half
• Do for one bishop and cleric, looking back
• Cast or oil, sometimes
• As such, there's no difference between best and worst
• "Push" or "pull," perhaps
• What "is" is