New way to make love (by the book) (5)
I believe the answer is:
novel
'book' is the definition.
(I know that novel is a type of book)
'new way to make love by' is the wordplay.
'new way' becomes 'n' (Compass direction - North. I am not sure about the 'new' bit.).
'to make' indicates an anagram.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' is an anagram of 'ovel'.
'n'+'ovel'='NOVEL'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for novel that I've seen before include "book such as Brave New World" , "Volume of prose fiction" , "New; original" , "piece of writing" , "story" .)