Silly ideas to which players turn a deaf ear (5)
I believe the answer is:
aside
'silly ideas to which players turn a deaf ear' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'silly ideas' is the wordplay.
'silly' is an anagram indicator.
'ideas' anagrammed gives 'ASIDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aside that I've seen before include "remark, incidentally" , "Ideas (anag)" , "Actors comment to his audience" , "Actor's line directed solely to audience" , "Line spoken to the audience of a play" .)