In middle of a maiden song, terribly tense (7)
I believe the answer is:
amongst
'in middle' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a maiden song terribly tense' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'song' anagrammed gives 'ongs'.
'a'+'m'+'ongs'+'t'='AMONGST'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amongst that I've seen before include "In the midst of" , "Amid" , "Famous novel by John McGahern: '... Women'" , "Within the group of" , "Having been absorbed, perhaps" .)