Quiet chap with salty wife in story (4)
I believe the answer is:
plot
'story' is the definition.
(I know that story can be written as plot)
'quiet chap with salty wife' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet) and 'p' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lot' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for plot that I've seen before include "intrigue" , "A scheme, or a parcel of land" , "Novel story - secret plan" , "Area of ground; storyline" , "Secret plan; graph" .)