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English married couple have a cuddle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embrace

'a cuddle' is the definition.
(I know that cuddle is a more specific form of the action embrace)

'english married couple' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'couple' becomes 'brace' (brace can mean a pair of something).
'e'+'m'+'brace'='EMBRACE'

'have' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for embrace that I've seen before include "Hug, put arms around" , "Hug; adopt" , "Willingly accept" , "Hold closely, include" , "Hold affectionately" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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