Victor gets an embrace and nothing more (4)
I believe the answer is:
hugo
'victor' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'embrace and nothing more' is the wordplay.
'embrace' becomes 'hug' (synonyms).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nothing more' becomes 'O' (resembles 0).
'hug'+'o'='HUGO'
'gets an' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Victor -; French author (Les Miserables)" , "Victor maybe" , "Victor ---, Fr. poet, novelist" , "French romantic writer, Victor, d. 1885" , "Fr. Author; Sci-fi award" .)