Creature of romance (3)
I believe the answer is:
man
'creature' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'of romance' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates a hidden word.
'MAN' is hidden in the letters of 'romance'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for man that I've seen before include "Bishop, perhaps" , "See 24" , "Geezer" , "Male person" , "Isle of -; chess piece" .)