Writer’s account embracing Pound hardly measured (6)
I believe the answer is:
alcott
'writer's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'account embracing pound hardly measured' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pound' becomes 'L' (the pound sign is based on an L).
'hardly measured' becomes 'ott' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ac' placed around 'l' is 'alc'.
'alc'+'ott'='ALCOTT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alcott that I've seen before include "Author of Little Women, d. 1888" , "Louisa May . . . . . . wrote 'Little Women'" , "Lousia May ---, US author" , "Novelist" , "'Louisa May ..., author of Little Women (6)'" .)