A haze amidst grain when fighting stops (9)
I believe the answer is:
armistice
'fighting stops' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'a haze amidst grain' is the wordplay.
'haze' becomes 'mist' (I've seen this in another clue).
'amidst' indicates putting letters inside (amidst can mean between or within).
'grain' becomes 'rice' (rice is a kind of grain).
'mist' put into 'rice' is 'rmistice'.
'a'+'rmistice'='ARMISTICE'
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for armistice that I've seen before include "when shooting stops" , "Cease-fire in order to conduct talks" , "Agreement during war to suspend fighting" , "Fire is prevented by this" , "harbinger of peace?" .)