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One animated head of family with a chance to hug daughters (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donald duck

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'one animated' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'head of family with a chance to hug daughters' is the wordplay.
'head of family' becomes 'don' (don can mean a mafia boss).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'chance' becomes 'luck' (synonyms).
'to hug' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are hugged).
'daughters' becomes 'dd' (a genealogical abbreviation for daughter repeated).
'luck' enclosing 'dd' is 'ldduck'.
'don'+'a'+'ldduck'='DONALD DUCK'

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(Other definitions for donald duck that I've seen before include "Bradman getting no runs" , "Disney cartoon character" , "would be a figure of fun" , "Walt Disney character" , "Screen favourite" .)

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