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Corrupt cat in hat - Huggy? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tactile

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'huggy?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'corrupt cat in hat' is the wordplay.
'corrupt' is an anagram indicator (a corrupted spelling of the word).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hat' becomes 'tile' (old-fashioned term for a hat).
'cat' is an anagram of 'act'.
'act' going within 'tile' is 'TACTILE'.

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(Other definitions for tactile that I've seen before include "Touchy" , "Based on the sense of touch" , "Haptic" , "Pleasant to touch" , "Likely to touch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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