Italian fellow about to honour one with love (7)
I believe the answer is:
claudio
'italian fellow' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'to honour one with love' is the wordplay.
'to honour' becomes 'claud' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'claud'+'i'+'o'='CLAUDIO'
'about' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for claudio that I've seen before include "Florentine count" , "Character in Much Ado About Nothing" , "Monteverdi" , "Hero-worshipper" .)