Funny play of shy author at drive-in (6)
I believe the answer is:
comedy
'funny play' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'shy author at drive-in' is the wordplay.
'shy' becomes 'coy' (coy can mean shy or modest).
'author' becomes 'me' (the author of the crossword).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drive' becomes 'd' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'me'+'d'='med'
'coy' placed around 'med' is 'COMEDY'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for comedy that I've seen before include "farce, perhaps" , "Light and humorous drama" , "Humorous play, film" , "Light amusing performance" , "provides amusement" .)