Loving Conservative confession? (7)
I believe the answer is:
amatory
'loving' is the definition.
('amatory' can be similar in meaning to 'loving')
'conservative confession?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'conservative' could be 'tory' (I've seen this before) and 'tory' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for amatory that I've seen before include "Loving" , "relating to sexual desire?" , "declaration of love" , "Passionate" .)