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Sophisticated reconnaissance, covering her and husband separately? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

recherche

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'sophisticated' is the definition.
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'reconnaissance covering her and husband separately?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'her' could be 'cher' and 'cher' is found in the answer.
'husband' could be 'h' (abbreviation) and 'h' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for recherche that I've seen before include "Little-known" , "Rare or exotic (French)" , "choice" , "Rare or far-fetched, like her creche" , "Rare, exotic, obscure" .)

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