Bar nude romps and round on slander (8)
I believe the answer is:
innuendo
'slander' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'bar nude romps and round' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'bar' could be 'inn' (I've seen this before) and 'inn' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'nude' is 'uend' which is present in the answer.
'round' could be 'o' (round can mean a round object) and 'o' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for innuendo that I've seen before include "Indirect or subtle reference" , "Indirect remark" , "Malicious implication" , "suggested" , "hint" .)