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One criticising current beauty queen hugging male (9)

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I believe the answer is:

impeacher

'one criticising' is the definition.
(somebody impeaching or accusing someone)

'current beauty queen hugging male' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'beauty' becomes 'peach' (synonyms).
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'hugging' is an insertion indicator (outside letters hug or embrace inside letters).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'i'+'peach'+'er'='ipeacher'
'ipeacher' going around 'm' is 'IMPEACHER'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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