Quietly get the cane out of hickory (5)
I believe the answer is:
pecan
'hickory' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'quietly get the cane out' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'get' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'cane' anagrammed gives 'ecan'.
'p' put inside 'ecan' is 'PECAN'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for pecan that I've seen before include "Something like a walnut" , "Type of nut" , "Pinkish-brown nut used in American pie" , "Nut tree of the southern United States and Mexico" , "Smooth pinkish-brown nut, nice in pie" .)