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Aggressive husband is naive outside (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thrusting

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'naive outside' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'aggressive husband' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'husband' could be 'h' (abbreviation) and 'h' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'trusting' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'is' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for thrusting that I've seen is " ambitious".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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