Tough, educated fellow in a female's embrace (2-3)
I believe the answer is:
he-man
'tough educated fellow' is the definition.
'he-man' can be an answer for 'fellow' (I have seen 'Muscular fellow' mean 'he-man' so perhaps 'fellow' could also mean 'he-man'). I am not sure about the 'tough educated' bit.
'a female's embrace' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hem' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for he-man that I've seen before include "Tough guy, doubly male" , "Alpha male" , "Hunk" , "Macho type" , "Macho chap" .)