Writer Victor shows love after an embrace (4)
I believe the answer is:
hugo
'writer victor' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'love after an embrace' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an embrace' becomes 'hug' (hug is a kind of embrace).
'o' after 'hug' is 'HUGO'.
'shows' is the link.
(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Victor ---, Fr. poet, novelist" , "Victor ---; --- Wolf" , "Fr. Author; Sci-fi award" , "Victor maybe" , "Boy" .)