Girl on vacation having affair — such excitement! (7)
I believe the answer is:
glamour
'excitement' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'girl on vacation having affair' is the wordplay.
'on vacation' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (after the inside letters have vacated the word).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'affair' becomes 'amour' (amour can mean a love affair).
'girl' with its middle removed is 'gl'.
'gl'+'amour'='GLAMOUR'
'such' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for glamour that I've seen before include "appeal" , "Alluring beauty, very sexy" , "sophisticated style" , "Alluring beauty or charm" , "Fascinating beauty" .)