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Initiates in love attracting writers (5)

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I believe the answer is:

opens

'initiates' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'love attracting writers' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'attracting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'writers' becomes 'pens' (writing implements).
'o'+'pens'='OPENS'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for opens that I've seen before include "Takes the cover off" , "competitions welcoming all-comers" , "Unseals" , "Exposes, begins" , "Removes a lid, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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