Smart emissary embraces hunter (7)
I believe the answer is:
artemis
'hunter' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'smart emissary embraces' is the wordplay.
'embraces' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (I've seen 'embracing' mean this (the solution is embraced by words in the clue)).
'ARTEMIS' is hidden in the letters of 'smart emissary'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for artemis that I've seen before include "Head-hunter" , "Greek goddess of hunting" , "Diana" , "Huntress daughter of Zeus" , "female Olympian" .)