Makes out tenders have been put out on the quiet (8)
I believe the answer is:
pretends
'makes' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'tenders have been put out on the quiet' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'tenders' is 'retends' which is within the answer.
'quiet' could be 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet) and 'p' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'out' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pretends that I've seen before include "Makes believe" , "Feigns, dissembles" , "poses" , "Plays make-believe" , "Shams" .)