Dexterity of sweetheart in dainty embrace (7)
I believe the answer is:
sleight
'dexterity' is the definition.
(I know that dexterity can be written as sleight)
'sweetheart in dainty embrace' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'sweetheart' could be 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet') and 'e' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'slight' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sleight that I've seen before include "Cunning action" , "craft" , "Trickery" , "Conjuror uses this" , "Artful trick" .)