Liberal, fifty, being hugged by each woman (4)
I believe the answer is:
ella
'woman' is the definition.
'liberal fifty being hugged by each' is the wordplay.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'fifty' becomes 'l' (roman numeral).
'being hugged by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'each' becomes 'ea'.
'l'+'l'='ll'
'll' going within 'ea' is 'ELLA'.
(Other definitions for ella that I've seen before include ".... Fitzgerald, late great jazz diva" , "Girl" , "Ms Fitzgerald" , "- - Fitzgerald (mus.)" , "Diminutive of Eleanor" .)