Squeeze Mike Pence in hearts and spades (8)
I believe the answer is:
compress
'squeeze' is the definition.
(compressing is a kind of squeezing)
'mike pence in hearts and spades' is the wordplay.
'mike pence' becomes 'mp' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hearts' becomes 'cores' (core can mean the heart of something).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'spades' becomes 's' (abbreviation in card games).
'mp' put within 'cores' is 'compres'.
'compres'+'s'='COMPRESS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for compress that I've seen before include "concentrate" , "Flatten by pressure" , "Squeeze into less space" , "Squeeze together or squash" , "Squeeze; a staunching pad" .)