Boy needing cuddle and love (4)
I believe the answer is:
hugo
'boy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cuddle and love' is the wordplay.
'cuddle' becomes 'hug' (I've seen this before).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'hug'+'o'='HUGO'
'needing' is the link.
(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Victor, say" , "Victor .... wrote ''Les Miserables''" , "Boy" , "Victor maybe" , "Jargon used by a particular group" .)