Eg publicans disturbing silence outside quarters (9)
I believe the answer is:
licensees
'eg publicans' is the definition.
(people licensed to run pubs)
'disturbing silence outside quarters' is the wordplay.
'disturbing' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'outside' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (outside can mean adjacent to).
'quarters' becomes 'es'.
'silence' is an anagram of 'license'.
'license'+'es'='LICENSEES'
(Other definitions for licensees that I've seen before include "Local folk" , "Those allowed to sell alcoholic drinks" .)