Father quiet about echo being different (5)
I believe the answer is:
fresh
'different' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'father quiet about echo' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'quiet' becomes 'sh' ('sh' is used to tell someone to be quiet).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'echo' becomes 'e' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'sh' put after 'e' is 'esh'.
'fr'+'esh'='FRESH'
'being' is the link.
(Other definitions for fresh that I've seen before include "Recently made, produced, or harvested" , "Not stale or old" , "Newly-made" , "Not canned or preserved" , "New; strongish (breeze)" .)