Last blokes to accept attention and bit of touching affectionate banter (10)
I believe the answer is:
endearment
'bit of touching affectionate banter' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'last blokes to accept attention' is the wordplay.
'last' becomes 'end' (I've seen this in another clue).
'blokes' becomes 'ment' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to accept' is an insertion indicator.
'attention' becomes 'ear' (having someone's ear is having their attention).
'end'+'ment'='endment'
'endment' placed around 'ear' is 'ENDEARMENT'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for endearment that I've seen before include "Affectionate utterance" , "Pet name" , "Affectionate term" , "Expression of love" , "Love, maybe" .)