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Adultery in the morning, time husband leaves (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amour

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'adultery' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'morning time husband leaves' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'morning' could be 'am' (as in 12:00 AM) and 'am' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'our' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for amour that I've seen before include "illicit liaison" , "Romantic affair" , "close relationship" , "Love-affair" , "Love affair - loved one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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