They hop around in far from quiet meadows (5)
I believe the answer is:
fleas
'they hop around in far' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'quiet meadows' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'f' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'meadows' becomes 'leas' (lea can mean a meadow or field).
'f'+'leas'='FLEAS'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fleas that I've seen before include "Leaping parasites" , "jumpers" , "Insects" .)