Traveller returning to embrace university sweetheart (5)
I believe the answer is:
amour
'sweetheart' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'traveller returning to embrace university' is the wordplay.
'traveller' becomes 'roma' (as in Romani Travellers).
'returning' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to embrace' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation as in UMass).
'roma' reversed gives 'amor'.
'amor' enclosing 'u' is 'AMOUR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amour that I've seen before include "A secret love affair in France" , "close relationship" , "Affair of the heart" , "20 [AFFAIR]" , "beloved" .)