Pass round the salt showing care and quietness (7)
I believe the answer is:
stealth
'pass round' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'the salt showing care and quietness' is the wordplay.
'the salt' anagrams to 'STEALTH'.
But, I'm unsure how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stealth that I've seen before include "Cats display this" , "Kind of indirect tax" , "Quiet or secret way of behaviour" , "Unseen machination" , "Secretiveness, furtiveness" .)