Quiet inhabitant - of Washington D.C.? (9)
I believe the answer is:
president
'c ?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'quiet inhabitant of washington d' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet) and 'p' is located in the answer.
'inhabitant' could be 'resident' (resident is a kind of inhabitant) and 'resident' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for president that I've seen before include "authority figure" , "Lincoln, for example" , "Head, of a republic say" , "Head of college" , "2's official title" .)