Panic from peacenik or so she said when he saw a mouse (3)
I believe the answer is:
eek
'so she said when he saw a mouse' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'panic from peacenik' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'peacenik' with 'panic' taken out is 'EEK'.
'or' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eek that I've seen before include "Expression of mild alarm" , "I'm frightened!" , "Yikes! Oo-er!" , "Expression of surprise" , "fearful cry" .)