Address hesitation by maiden hugged by boy (6)
I believe the answer is:
sermon
'address' is the definition.
(sermon is a kind of address)
'hesitation by maiden hugged by boy' is the wordplay.
'hesitation' becomes 'er'.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'hugged by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'boy' becomes 'son' ('son' can be a synonym of 'boy'**).
'er'+'m'='erm'
'erm' going into 'son' is 'SERMON'.
(Other definitions for sermon that I've seen before include "Lecture in church" , "Tedious admonition" , "Moralising oration" , "Address of a religious nature" , "Pulpit speech" .)