Alice in Wonderland was a draw for him (7)
I believe the answer is:
tenniel
'alice in wonderland was a draw for him' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'him' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'him' could be 'niel' and 'niel' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ten' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenniel that I've seen before include "19th-century illustrator" , "First illustrator of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'" , "'Alice In Wonderland' illustrator" , "Lewis Carroll's illustrator" , "Sir John --, Victorian illustrator (Alice)" .)