Bishop, say, hearing quiet game first (10)
I believe the answer is:
chesspiece
'bishop' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'hearing quiet game first' is the wordplay.
'hearing quiet' becomes 'piece' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'game' becomes 'chess' (board game).
'first' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'piece' put after 'chess' is 'CHESSPIECE'.
'say' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chesspiece that I've seen before include "bishop, say - with 1d" , "bishop, for example" .)