Official making love in some secret little place (7)
I believe the answer is:
coroner
'official' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'love in some secret little place' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'some' indicates the central letters.
'little place' becomes 'oner' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The middle letters of 'secret' are 'cr'.
'o' put into 'cr' is 'cor'.
'cor'+'oner'='CORONER'
'making' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coroner that I've seen before include "Official enquiring into any death" , "He sits on cases" , "One presides at inquests" , "Medico-legal officer" , "Investigator" .)