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Squeezing hard, give relative a cuddle before beginning on tennis player (4,5)

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hugh grant

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'beginning on tennis player' is the definition.
'hugh grant' can be an answer for 'player' (British actor). I'm not certain of the 'beginning on tennis' bit.

'squeezing hard give relative a cuddle before' is the wordplay.
'squeezing' is an insertion indicator (squeeze can mean hug or embrace).
'hard' becomes 'h'.
'give relative' becomes 'grant' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a cuddle' becomes 'hug' (I've seen this before).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'grant' after 'hug' is 'huggrant'.
'h' going inside 'huggrant' is 'HUGH GRANT'.

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