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Dreamboat preparing to hug dissolute chancer (6,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prince charming

'dreamboat' is the definition.
(both can mean an attractive man)

'preparing to hug dissolute chancer' is the wordplay.
'preparing' becomes 'priming' (priming is a kind of preparing).
'to hug' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dissolute' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chancer' is an anagram of 'ncechar'.
'priming' going around 'ncechar' is 'PRINCE CHARMING'.

(Another definition for prince charming that I've seen is " Dishy bloke".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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