Tough guy getting a letter from a tennis star (2-3)
I believe the answer is:
he-man
'tough guy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a letter from a tennis star' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
'letter' could be 'he' (he is a kind of letter) and 'he' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'm' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'getting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for he-man that I've seen before include "Extremely virile male" , "Macho chap" , "Muscular fellow" , "Alpha male" , "Hunk" .)