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Chap to embrace with love (4)

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I believe the answer is:

hugo

'chap' is the definition.

'embrace with love' is the wordplay.
'embrace' becomes 'hug' ('hug' can be a synonym of 'embrace').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'hug'+'o'='HUGO'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Victor -; French author (Les Miserables)" , "Man's name; sci-fi award" , "Victor maybe" , "Victor, say" , "Victor ---; --- Wolf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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