Artists say love isn't represented in lives (14)
I believe the answer is:
expressionists
'artists' is the definition.
(expressionist is a kind of artist)
'represented in lives' is the wordplay.
'represented' becomes 'pression' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'lives' becomes 'exists' ('exist' can be a synonym of 'live').
'pression' put within 'exists' is 'EXPRESSIONISTS'.
'say love isn't' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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