Rent securing quiet location for theatre work (3,11)
I believe the answer is:
hip replacement
'theatre work' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'rent securing quiet location' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'p' (music symbol for 'piano') and 'p' is found within the answer.
'rent' could be 'hire' (I've seen this before) and 'hire' is located in the remaining letters.
'location' could be 'placement' (placement is a kind of location) and 'placement' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hip replacement that I've seen before include "Inserted joint" , "Joint operation" .)