He'll give you a hug, love (4)

I believe the answer is:

hugo

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'he'll give you a' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'hug love' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'hug'+'o'='HUGO'

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(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Fr. Author; Sci-fi award" , "Victor ---; --- Wolf" , "French romantic writer, Victor, d. 1885" , "Boy" , "Victor maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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