### Clue: Exact payment for archdeacon to get old clothes (6)
### Answer: AVENGE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Exact payment
 VEN(abbrev. for "Venerable", a title for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church) **contained in**(… clothes) AGE(to get old/to mature).
Defn: …, usually by inflicting harm, in return for a wrong done to oneself or another.