### Clue: Spanish chap's short story involving a bishop (5)
### Answer: PABLO 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Spanish chap
 "plot"(story/the main events in a novel, say) **minus its last letter**(…'s short) **containing**(involving) [A + B(abbrev. for "bishop" in chess notation)].
Defn: …/a male Spaniard's name.