Love songs of 'girl-meets-boy' variety (9)
I believe the answer is:
serenades
'love songs' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'girl-meets-boy variety' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'girl' could be 'serena' and 'serena' is present in the answer.
'boy' could be 'des' (short for Desmond) and 'des' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for serenades that I've seen before include "Pieces of music" , "Love songs under fair lady's window" , "airs" , "Woos with music" .)