Wally hugged by hotty on hot dryer? (9)
I believe the answer is:
dishcloth
'dryer?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'wally hugged by hotty on hot' is the wordplay.
'wally' becomes 'clot' (both can mean a foolish person).
'hugged by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'hotty' becomes 'dish' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'dish' placed around 'h' is 'dishh'.
'clot' inserted inside 'dishh' is 'DISHCLOTH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dishcloth that I've seen before include "It's used in washing up" , "washing-up helper?" , "piece of material" , "drying agent" , "washer-up" .)