Look at cricket perhaps, quietly absorbed (7)
I believe the answer is:
inspect
'look at' is the definition.
(inspecting is a kind of looking at)
'cricket perhaps quietly absorbed' is the wordplay.
'cricket perhaps' becomes 'insect' (cricket is a kind of insect).
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'absorbed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'insect' enclosing 'p' is 'INSPECT'.
(Other definitions for inspect that I've seen before include "Look over carefully" , "Carefully examine" , "Assess; examine" , "Scrutinise" , "Examine officially" .)