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Reckon to have a hug of popular model of a man? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

figurine

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'model of a man?' is the definition.
'figurine' can be an answer for 'model' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'of a man?' bit.

'reckon to have a hug of popular' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'popular' could be 'in' ('in' can mean trendy) and 'in' is present in the answer.
'reckon' could be 'figure' (synonyms) and 'figure' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for figurine that I've seen before include "Fine rug I change for a small carved body" , "Small piece of sculpture" , "Small statue" , "Statuette" , "moulded object" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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