Theresa embraces Romeo and Hank (5)
I believe the answer is:
tress
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tress that I've seen before include "Long piece of hair" , "Braid of hair" , "Bit of hair" , "Obsolete support" , "Rests (anag.)" .)