A Knight wooing Lady shuns embraces (6)

I believe the answer is:

gladys

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'a knight' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'wooing lady shuns embraces' is the wordplay.
'embraces' indicates a hidden word (I've seen 'embraced' mean this).
'GLADYS' can be found hidden inside 'wooing lady shuns'.

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(Other definitions for gladys that I've seen before include "Girl's name" , "Female name" , "- Cooper, Eng. actress" , "Knight maybe" , "Lady's name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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