Tender embraces stop someone doing wrong (8)
I believe the answer is:
offender
'doing wrong' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'tender embraces stop someone' is the wordplay.
'tender' becomes 'offer' (synonyms).
'embraces' is an insertion indicator.
'stop someone' becomes 'nde' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'offer' enclosing 'nde' is 'OFFENDER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for offender that I've seen before include "guilty party" , "One breaking rule" , "Committer of illegal act" , "causing resentment?" , "Delinquent" .)