Quiet and mischievous being in part of library? (5)
I believe the answer is:
shelf
'part of library?' is the definition.
'shelf' can be an answer for 'library?' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'part of' bit.
'quiet and mischievous being' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'sh'.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'mischievous being' becomes 'elf' (I've seen this before).
'sh'+'elf'='SHELF'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shelf that I've seen before include "Place for book -- or old spinster?" , "Works are held up by it" , "Horizontal surface to put things on" , "grass down under" , "Flesh (anag.)" .)