Love poetry as though abroad (8)
I believe the answer is:
overseas
'abroad' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'love poetry as' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'poetry' becomes 'verse' (synonyms).
'o'+'verse'+'as'='OVERSEAS'
'though' is the link.
(Other definitions for overseas that I've seen before include "abroad - with 12a" , "Exotic" , "In a foreign country" , "In foreign parts" .)