Cut short Hamlet’s rest? (7)
I believe the answer is:
silence
This could be a double definition.
'cut short' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'hamlet's rest?' is the second definition.
'silence' can be an answer for 'rest?' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'hamlet's' bit.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for silence that I've seen before include "Nothing said" , "What's left of burnt coal" , "Gag" , "may be required in court" , "It is golden acccording to the 1960s song" .)