### Clue: Quiet table switching political allegiance twice? (5)
### Answer: ALLAY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Quiet
 "array"(a table;an arrangement of quantities or symbols in rows and columns) **with** **replacement twice of**(switching … twice) "r"(abbrev. for "right", denoting where one's allegiance lies within the political spectrum) **by** "l"(abbrev. for "left", the opposite end of the spectrum from "right").
Defn: …, as a less common word for "quieten".