Medium drops editor about speaker for a temporary ban (10)
I believe the answer is:
moratorium
'a temporary ban' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'medium drops editor about speaker' is the wordplay.
'drops' is a deletion indicator.
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'speaker' becomes 'orator' (orator is a kind of speaker).
'medium' with 'ed' taken out is 'mium'.
'mium' going around 'orator' is 'MORATORIUM'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for moratorium that I've seen before include "Agreed pause in activity" , "Temporary halt in activity" , "agreed postponement" , "Legal delay" , "Prohibition" .)