Shade of gold seen in a small group of cupids? (7)
I believe the answer is:
amorini
'group of cupids?' is the definition.
'amorini' can be an answer for 'cupids?' (I've seen this in another clue). I am unsure of the 'group of' bit.
'shade of gold seen in a small' is the wordplay.
'shade of' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'seen in' is an insertion indicator.
'a small' becomes 'mini' (short for miniature).
'or' placed inside 'mini' is 'morini'.
'a'+'morini'='AMORINI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amorini that I've seen before include "Cupids (in art) (It.)" , "Italian loves" .)