Love now extinguished? (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
old flame
'love now extinguished?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'love' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'love' could be 'flame' (I've seen this before) and 'flame' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'old' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for old flame that I've seen before include "Someone once loved" , "Former partner" , "still 1 across [ALIGHT], it seems" , "Former lover" , "Ex-lover - the fire still burns" .)