Modern woman nursing broken heart? Quite the reverse, pet (7)
I believe the answer is:
hamster
'pet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'modern woman nursing broken heart? quite the reverse' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'woman' could be 'ms' (Ms can refer to an older or unmarried woman) and 'ms' is present in the answer.
'broken' could be 'ate' (eating is a kind of breaking) and 'ate' is present in the leftover letters.
'heart?' could be 'h' (card game abbreviation) and 'h' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hamster that I've seen before include "Short-tailed burrowing rodent" , "Rodent with large cheek pouches" , "Kind of rodent with cheekpouches, often a pet" , "Pet rodent, may be golden" , "Little beast" .)