Stop talking and exhume bishop in the middle (4)
I believe the answer is:
hush
'the middle' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'stop talking and exhume bishop' is the wordplay.
'stop talking' becomes 'sh' (shh is an instruction to stop talking).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'exhume bishop' becomes 'hu' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sh' put after 'hu' is 'HUSH'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hush that I've seen before include "Mum's the word" , "Call for silence" , "Quieten" , "Make (someone) quiet" , "Make or become silent or quiet" .)