Murder victim in noisy situation, first off (4)
I believe the answer is:
abel
'murder victim' is the definition.
(biblical figure murdered by his brother Cain)
'noisy situation first off' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'first' could be 'a' (first letter of the alphabet) and 'a' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bel' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abel that I've seen before include "Cain's younger brother" , "Cain's murdered brother" , "Brother killed by Cain" , "Victim of 11" , "Cain's victim; - Magwitch (Great Expectations)" .)