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Bad year to hug young woman visitor (8)

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I believe the answer is:

emissary

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'visitor' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'bad year to hug young woman' is the wordplay.
'bad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to hug' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'young woman' becomes 'miss' (synonyms).
'year' is an anagram of 'eary'.
'eary' enclosing 'miss' is 'EMISSARY'.

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(Other definitions for emissary that I've seen before include "One sent" , "Spy" , "Government agent" , "Someone sent on a mission" , "Agent sent on a mission" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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