Quiet inhabitant - of Washington D.C.? (9)
I believe the answer is:
president
'c ?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'quiet inhabitant of washington d' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet) and 'p' is present in the answer.
'inhabitant' could be 'resident' (resident is a kind of inhabitant) and 'resident' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for president that I've seen before include "authority figure" , "Lincoln, for example" , "Head, of a republic say" , "Head of college" , "2's official title" .)