Operatic hero: African prince embracing woman (7)
I believe the answer is:
radames
'operatic hero' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'african prince embracing woman' is the wordplay.
'african prince' becomes 'ras'.
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'woman' becomes 'dame' (dame is a kind of woman).
'ras' enclosing 'dame' is 'RADAMES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for radames that I've seen is " Egyptian officer".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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