Is riveting in the love scenes (8)
I believe the answer is:
clinches
'love scenes' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'is riveting in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clinches that I've seen before include "Tight or amorous embraces, in the boxing ring" , "finally settles" , "Tight grips in boxing" .)