Attractive individual within the confines of Holloway (5)
I believe the answer is:
honey
'attractive' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'individual within the confines of holloway' is the wordplay.
'individual' becomes 'one' (an individual is one person).
'within' is an insertion indicator.
'the confines of' means to remove the middle letters (the letters at the borders or confines are used).
'holloway' with its centre removed is 'hy'.
'one' put into 'hy' is 'HONEY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for honey that I've seen before include "luvvie" , "Product of bees; darling" , "sweetheart" , "Sweet product of insects" , "Substance made by bees" .)