Initiates in love attracting writers (5)
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" .)