Capital city taking back a famous inventor with love (6)
I believe the answer is:
ottawa
'capital city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'back a famous inventor with love' is the wordplay.
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'famous inventor' becomes 'watt' (Scottish inventor James Watt. I am not sure about the 'famous' bit.).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'a'+'watt'='awatt'
'awatt' back-to-front is 'ttawa'.
'ttawa' after 'o' is 'OTTAWA'.
'taking' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ottawa that I've seen before include "Canadian capital" , "Canadian city" , "N. American city" , "Foreign capital" , "Canada's capital" .)