Darling going round America with hot maiden gives bribe to keep it secret (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
hush money
'bribe to keep it secret' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'darling going round america with hot maiden' is the wordplay.
'darling' becomes 'honey' (I've seen this before).
'going round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'america' becomes 'U.S.' (abbreviation for the United States).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'hot maiden' becomes 'hm' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'us'+'hm'='ushm'
'honey' going around 'ushm' is 'HUSH MONEY'.
'gives' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hush money that I've seen before include "Payment to ensure silence" , "Payment to keep another silent" , "Price of silence" , "sweetener" .)