Love line and false statement seen in Hardy? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ollie
'hardy?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'love line and false statement' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'line' becomes 'l'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'false statement' becomes 'lie' (lie is a kind of false statement).
'o'+'l'+'lie'='OLLIE'
'seen in' is the link.
(Other definitions for ollie that I've seen before include "Fellow" , "Stan and --, comedy duo" , "Hardy" , "jump on board" .)