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Embrace Cambridgeshire city in a big way (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hugely

'in a big way' is the definition.
(huge means big)

'embrace cambridgeshire city' is the wordplay.
'embrace' becomes 'hug' (synonyms).
'cambridgeshire city' becomes 'ely' (Ely is a city in Cambridgeshire).
'hug'+'ely'='HUGELY'

(Other definitions for hugely that I've seen before include "To a very great extent" , "Immensely" , "in a big way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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