Like to cuddle academic that's one hot dude! (6)
I believe the answer is:
adonis
'hot dude' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'like to cuddle academic that's one' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'to cuddle' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'academic' becomes 'don' (I've seen this before).
'that's one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'don'+'i'='doni'
'as' going around 'doni' is 'ADONIS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adonis that I've seen before include "lovely chap" , "Archetype of male beauty" , "handsome lad" , "A very handsome legendary Greek" , "Fit bloke" .)