One with enthusiasm and love for the East End? (6)
I believe the answer is:
zealot
'one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'enthusiasm and love for the east end?' is the wordplay.
'enthusiasm' becomes 'zeal' (zeal is a kind of enthusiasm).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'end?' suggests the final letters (I've seen 'ending' mean this (the ending of the word)).
The final letter of 'east' is 't'.
'zeal'+'o'+'t'='ZEALOT'
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for zealot that I've seen before include "Over-zealous person, fanatic" , "Fanatic or extreme enthusiast" , "Fervent, perhaps militant, proponent" , "Radical" , "Fanatical believer" .)