River close to Spielberg's heart (4)
I believe the answer is:
elbe
'river' is the definition.
(river in Germany)
'spielberg's heart' is the wordplay.
'heart' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'spielbergs' is 'ELBE'.
'close to' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elbe that I've seen before include "River rising in the Czech Republic and flowing into the North Sea" , "Flower" , "River of Germany" , "Dresden/Hamburg river" , "German banker" .)