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He'll give you a squeeze, love (4)

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I believe the answer is:

hugo

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'he'll give' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'a squeeze love' is the wordplay.
'a squeeze' becomes 'hug' (I've seen this in another clue).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'hug'+'o'='HUGO'

'you' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Victor -; French author (Les Miserables)" , "Victor maybe" , "Fr. Author; Sci-fi award" , "Victor ---, Fr. poet, novelist" , "Author of Les Miserables, d. 1885" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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