Release A and press middle of stick in complicated cheat code (5)
I believe the answer is:
ethic
'stick in complicated cheat code' is the definition.
'ethic' can be an answer for 'code' (a moral code). I am not sure about the 'stick in complicated cheat' bit.
'release a and press middle' is the wordplay.
'release' becomes 'thic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'middle' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'press' is 'e'.
'thic' after 'e' is 'ETHIC'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ethic that I've seen before include "Moral practice" , "type of behaviour" , "Set of moral values" , "set of morals" , "Set of moral principles" .)