Appear so excited about love in Corrie? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
soap opera
'corrie?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'appear so excited about love' is the wordplay.
'excited' is an anagram indicator.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'appear'+'so'='appearso'
'appearso' with letters rearranged gives 'soappera'.
'soappera' placed around 'o' is 'SOAP-OPERA'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "Sentimental TV serial, sounds clean" , "addictive programme?" , "Everyday drama serial" , "TV drama series" , "that might involve The Woolpack?" .)