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Urge to be hugged by accomplished leading lady (7)

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I believe the answer is:

doyenne

'leading lady' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'urge to be hugged by accomplished' is the wordplay.
'urge' becomes 'yen' (I've seen this before).
'to be hugged by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'accomplished' becomes 'done' (I've seen this before).
'yen' inserted within 'done' is 'DOYENNE'.

(Other definitions for doyenne that I've seen before include "Respected senior woman" , "Senior female member of a group" , "An older academic" , "Prominent female in her field" , "Old lady" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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