Nervous Shakespeare wife dismissed with some banter? (3,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
ill at ease
'nervous' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'shakespeare wife dismissed with some banter?' is the wordplay.
'shakespeare' becomes 'will' (I've seen this in other clues).
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'dismissed' is a deletion indicator.
'with some banter?' becomes 'atease' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'will' with 'w' taken out is 'ill'.
'ill'+'atease'='ILL AT EASE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ill at ease that I've seen before include "Embarrassed" , "Unable to relax" , "Nervous, uncomfortable" , "On edge" , "awkward" .)