Port where mother embraces Bill with love (5)
I believe the answer is:
macao
'port' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'mother embraces bill with love' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'embraces' is an insertion indicator.
'bill' becomes 'ac' (short for account).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'ma' placed around 'ac' is 'maca'.
'maca'+'o'='MACAO'
'where' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for macao that I've seen before include "Portuguese province" , "Former Portuguese colony in China" , "Eastern city" .)