Adele single arising out of anguish, followed by love (5)
I believe the answer is:
hello
'adele single' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'anguish followed by love' is the wordplay.
'anguish' becomes 'hell' (hell can mean suffering or anguish).
'followed by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'hell'+'o'='HELLO'
'arising out of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hello that I've seen before include "Surprised cry" , "I say" , "Introductory greeting" , "Routine response to telephone call" , "Hi, howdy" .)