Woman embraced by strangest hero (6)
I believe the answer is:
esther
'woman' is the definition.
'embraced by strangest hero' is the wordplay.
'embraced' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'ESTHER' is hidden within 'by strangest hero'.
(Other definitions for esther that I've seen before include "Oratorio by Handel; girl's name" , "There's the biblical woman" , "10 Heroine" , "religious book" , "Fem. name, threes (anag.)" .)