Ambassador rises awkwardly for woman who will inherit (7)
I believe the answer is:
heiress
'woman who will inherit' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'ambassador rises awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'ambassador' becomes 'he' (His or Her Excellency).
'awkwardly' is an anagram indicator.
'rises' anagrammed gives 'iress'.
'he'+'iress'='HEIRESS'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heiress that I've seen before include "Female expecting to succeed" , "Inheritrix" , "He rises (anag.)" , "Portia, say" , "Woman destined to succeed!" .)