A writer with quiet ways (3)
I believe the answer is:
pen
'a writer with' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)
'quiet ways' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'ways' becomes 'en' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'p'+'en'='PEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pen that I've seen before include "Prison" , "Writing instrument" , "record" , "Shut up" , "Write" .)