Capital outlay initially required to make Don Juan? (5)
I believe the answer is:
romeo
'don juan?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'capital outlay initially required' is the wordplay.
'capital' becomes 'rome' (Rome is an example**).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'required' says to put letters next to each other.
The initial letter of 'outlay' is 'o'.
'rome'+'o'='ROMEO'
'to make' is the link.
(Other definitions for romeo that I've seen before include "A loving character" , "Lover boy" , "Dashing lover" , "Don Juan" , "Juliet's lover of Verona" .)