Oscar Wilde's "savage beauty" could spark a new romance (9)
I believe the answer is:
connemara
'oscar' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'wilde's savage beauty could spark a new romance' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'romance' is 'conemra' which is within the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for connemara that I've seen before include "Area of County Galway" , "scenic coast" , "No car, amen, in the West" , "Mountainous coastal region of Galway" , "region of Ireland" .)