Seventeen Seconds , one embraced by person helping with The Cure retrospective (4)
I believe the answer is:
pigs
'person helping with the cure retrospective' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'seventeen seconds one embraced' is the wordplay.
'seventeen seconds' becomes 'pgs' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'embraced' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are embraced).
'pgs' enclosing 'i' is 'PIGS'.
'by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pigs that I've seen before include "Swine" , "earthenware crocks" , "Farm animals" , "Boars and sows" .)