Settling down takes an hour, anyhow love it being very shy (9,6)
I believe the answer is:
shrinking violet
'very shy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'settling down takes an hour anyhow love it' is the wordplay.
'settling down' becomes 'sinking' ('sink' can be a synonym of 'settle'. I am not sure about the 'down' bit.).
'takes' indicates putting letters inside.
'an hour' becomes 'hr' (synonyms).
'anyhow' is an anagram indicator.
'sinking' placed around 'hr' is 'shrinking'.
'love'+'it'='loveit'
'loveit' is an anagram of 'violet'.
'shrinking'+'violet'='SHRINKING VIOLET'
'being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shrinking violet that I've seen before include "Plant not growing" , "shy type" , "wallflower" , "Person not likely to stand out" , "Exaggeratedly shy person" .)