Hugged (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hugged</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('embrace' can be a synonym of 'hug')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for embraced that I've seen before include "held using arms" , "accepted enthusiastically" , "Hugged" , "is taken up" , "Contained; held closely" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hugged</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>