American therapist, according to locals, is in a slippery place after telling them, rudely, to stop talking (6)
I believe the answer is:
shrink
'american therapist' is the definition.
'shrink' can be an answer for 'therapist' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'american' bit.
'locals is in a slippery place after telling them rudely to stop talking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
'stop talking' could be 'sh' (shh is an instruction to stop talking) and 'sh' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'according to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shrink that I've seen before include "Grow smaller like slang psychiatrist" , "Decrease - therapist" , "Become smaller, contract" , "Draw back from the psychiatrist?" , "Grow smaller like slangy psychiatrist" .)