What does the cryptic crossword clue ""Shut up", author initially told (4)" mean?

The definition is ""Shut". The wordplay uses acrostic, charade. PEN (synonym of "author") + T (first letter of "told") [first letter: "initially"]; definition: ""Shut up"," The answer is PENT.

"Shut up", author initially told (4)

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