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Hot admirer embraces Charlie living a great life (2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in clover

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'living a great life' is the definition.
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'hot admirer embraces charlie' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'admirer' becomes 'lover' (I've seen this before).
'embraces' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in'+'lover'='inlover'
'inlover' enclosing 'c' is 'IN CLOVER'.

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(Other definitions for in clover that I've seen before include "Sitting pretty" , "Enjoying prosperity or luxury" , "Having life of ease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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