### Clue: Holy Joe restricting foul crone's base benefit (9)
### Answer: PRIVILEGE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: benefit
A charade of PRIVILEG, an envelope ('restricting') of VILE ('foul') in PRIG ('Holy Joe', a military chaplain, or, here, a sanctimonious or self-righteous person) plus E ('cron**E**'s base').