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Associate cut short offensive husband (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attach

'associate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cut short offensive husband' is the wordplay.
'cut short' means to remove the last letter.
'offensive' becomes 'attack' (an attack is a military offensive).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'attack' with its last letter removed is 'attac'.
'attac'+'h'='ATTACH'

(Other definitions for attach that I've seen before include "Document carriers" , "Conjoin, tie to" , "Conjoin, affix" , "Annex" , "Stick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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