Stand is quiet at Leeds surprisingly (8)
I believe the answer is:
pedestal
'stand' is the definition.
(I know that stand can be written as pedestal)
'quiet at leeds surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'at'+'leeds'='atleeds'
'atleeds' is an anagram of 'edestal'.
'p'+'edestal'='PEDESTAL'
'is' is the link.
(Other definitions for pedestal that I've seen before include "Support for bust" , "Plinth, stand" , "Statue's support" , "Plinth, base" , "Support for a column or statue" .)