Drunken Crypt

[Otis]

Violent vicar opening 3 fifths with paper debts (7)

 

[BigBeachBanana]

This was a tough one. My inner voices are telling me this but...best attempt.

Spoiler

Violent = indicator for anagram
vicar opening 3 fifths = to take the first 3 letters of 5 letter word "vicar" -> "vic"
with
paper debts = notes
Anagram for "vic" + "notes"
A contender is "invoice" but missing an i, have an extra "s", invoices would make a 8-letter word, extra t.
ANSWER = "notices"??

 

[BigBeachBanana]

I think I got it.

Spoiler

Violent = vicious
vicar opening 3 fifths = to take the first 3 letters of 5 letter word "vicar" -> "vic"
with
paper debts = IOUs
Anagram for "vic" + "IOUs"
ANSWER = vicious

 

[Otis]

I think I got it.

Yes, you did! (Corny puzzle, but I like the image of a drunken vicar who can't pay.)

"violent" is a common anagram indicator (just not in this clue). That's part of the challenge to parsing crypts.

"with" is a concatenation indicator

 

[BigBeachBanana]

Yes, you did! (Corny puzzle, but I like the image of a drunken vicar who can't pay.)

"violent" is a common anagram indicator (just not in this clue). That's part of the challenge to parsing crypts.

"with" is a concatenation indicator

I mistakenly left the word "anagram" in my solution because I copied and pasted it from my prior answer and edited it. I didn't proofread but yeah not an anagram just a concatenation.