First woman won't stop hopeless love to develop (6)
I believe the answer is:
evolve
'to develop' is the definition.
(I know this)
'first woman won't stop hopeless love' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'love' is 'evol' which is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for evolve that I've seen before include "Gradually develop as Darwin predicted" , "Undergo development or evolution" , "Develop by natural selection" , "Unravel" , "Change gradually to present condition" .)