Finished without love, albeit strangely true (9)
I believe the answer is:
veritable
'true' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'finished without love albeit strangely' is the wordplay.
'finished' becomes 'over' ('over' can be similar in meaning to 'finished').
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'over' with 'o' removed is 'ver'.
'albeit' is an anagram of 'itable'.
'ver'+'itable'='VERITABLE'
(Other definitions for veritable that I've seen before include "True - real" , "True, genuine" , "Positive" , "Actual -- authentic" .)