### Clue: Misconstrue part involving clergyman supporting soldiers in revolution (7)
### Answer: PERVERT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Misconstrue
 PT(abbrev. for "part") **containing**(involving) **reversal of**(… in revolution) [REV(abbrev. for "Reverend", a clergyman) + RE(abbrev. for the Royal Engineers of the British Army) ].
The clue construction seems a bit loose: "supporting" in a down clue would indicate that RE comes before REV, leading to a reversal of [REREV]