Loss of sound, sound that returns around middle of clip (7)
I believe the answer is:
elision
'loss of sound' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both natural processes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'sound that returns around middle of clip' is the wordplay.
'sound' becomes 'noise' (noise is a kind of sound).
'that returns' says the letters should be written backwards.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'middle of' indicates the central letters.
The middle of 'clip' is 'li'.
'noise' backwards is 'esion'.
'esion' placed around 'li' is 'ELISION'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elision that I've seen before include "Omission (from a book, etc)" , "Dropping a letter" , "Omission of a sound in speech" , "Omission of syllables in speech" , "Dropping of vowel" .)