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Theresa embraces Romeo and Hank (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tress

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'hank' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'theresa embraces romeo' is the wordplay.
'theresa' becomes 'tess'.
'embraces' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'romeo' becomes 'R' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'tess' going around 'r' is 'TRESS'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tress that I've seen before include "Long piece of hair" , "Braid of hair" , "Bit of hair" , "Obsolete support" , "Rests (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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