Diplomat having attention broken by girl close to embassy (8)
I believe the answer is:
emissary
'diplomat' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'attention broken by girl close to embassy' is the wordplay.
'attention' becomes 'ear' (ear is a kind of attention).
'broken by' indicates putting letters inside.
'girl' becomes 'miss' ('miss' can be a synonym of 'girl'**).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The last letter of 'embassy' is 'y'.
'ear' enclosing 'miss' is 'emissar'.
'emissar'+'y'='EMISSARY'
'having' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for emissary that I've seen before include "Diplomat sent on special task" , "Diplomatic agent" , "Diplomatic messenger" , "Delegate" , "I'm sent!" .)