Possible Clues:

• Dicky berated, biting sides of dirty toy
• No doubt I'll get a cuddle after livening up dry debate
• Hairy-chested bedfellow of Waugh's undergraduate (5, 4)
• Elvis No.1 hit, for short
• Fetishistic toy
• Current disturbance covers prow of boat in rip: cling to this for comfort?
• Debt ready for settlement by Rupert, perhaps
• Toy given twist beginning to break, split on the outside
• *Cuddly bedmate
• Security blanket relative