Give a hero’s welcome to rugby team winning international and latest bit of silverware (7)
I believe the answer is:
lionise
'give a hero's welcome to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'rugby team winning international and latest bit of silverware' is the wordplay.
'rugby team' becomes 'lions' (British and Irish Lions).
'winning' indicates putting letters inside (some letters win or obtain others).
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'latest bit of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'silverware' is 'e'.
'lions' enclosing 'i' is 'lionis'.
'lionis'+'e'='LIONISE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lionise that I've seen before include "Make fuss of (celebrity)" , "Treat as celebrity - like Leo?" , "Treat as a celebrity - elision (anag)" , "Treat as very important." , "Hero-worship" .)