Boy brings in 'Works of Shakespeare' (7)
I believe the answer is:
sonnets
'works of shakespeare' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'boy brings' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'son' (synonyms).
'brings' becomes 'nets' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'son'+'nets'='SONNETS'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sonnets that I've seen before include "Sent son to find short poems" , "lifted poems" , "Fourteen-line poems" , "verses" .)