Agony as Dicky hugs Ian (7)
I believe the answer is:
anguish
'agony' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'dicky hugs ian' is the wordplay.
'dicky' indicates anagramming the letters (dicky can mean ill or non-functioning).
'hugs'+'ian'='hugsian'
'hugsian' is an anagram of 'ANGUISH'.
'as' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for anguish that I've seen before include "Grief" , "Extreme misery" , "Severe pain, may be mental" , "Great (mental) pain" , "Mental torment" .)