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Bans expenses after wife's accommodated for year (7)

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I believe the answer is:

outlaws

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

'expenses after wife's accommodated for year' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'wife's' could be 'ws' and 'ws' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for outlaws that I've seen before include "Bandits?" , "Bans" , "Criminals!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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