Actor caught in wheel turned weekly to the right (3,9)

'right' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'actor caught in wheel turned weekly to' is the wordplay.
'actor' becomes 'thesp' (short for thespian, term for an actor).
'caught in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wheel' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'wheeled' mean this (letters are wheeled back)).
'turned weekly' becomes 'ratce' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ratce' back-to-front is 'ectar'.
'ectar' going around 'to' is 'ectator'.
'thesp'+'ectator'='THE SPECTATOR'

'the' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?