### Clue: Priest, after his collapse, has various exercises to get trim (9)
### Answer: SHIPSHAPE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: trim
  [P(abbrev. for $$p$$riest) ***placed after***(after) **anagram of**(collapse) HIS] + **anagram of**(various) HAS + PE(abbrev. for $$p$$hysical $$e$$xercises). 
Answer: Descriptive of something or someone that is in good shape,fit,trim for action, work, use, such as, well, a ship.