Friend hugs hot sweetheart in movie show (7)
I believe the answer is:
matinee
'movie show' is the definition.
'matinee' can be an answer for 'show' (matinee is a kind of show). I am not sure about the 'movie' bit.
'friend hugs hot sweetheart' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'mate' (mate is a kind of friend).
'hugs' is an insertion indicator.
'hot' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'mate' going around 'in' is 'matine'.
'matine'+'e'='MATINEE'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for matinee that I've seen before include "Afternoon performance (of play etc)" , "After lunch, show" , "Performance held in the afternoon" , "Daytime performance of play etc" , "Play, perhaps" .)