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Wally hugged by hotty on hot dryer? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

dishcloth

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'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'.

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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