### Clue: Clerical assistant gets right up to the margin (6)
### Answer: VERGER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Clerical assistant
 R(abbrev. for "right") **placed below**(up to, in a down clue) VERGE(the margin/the edge).
Defn: …/an officer in a church assisting the clergy by acting as a caretaker and attendant.