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Can she halve the work for her husband? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woman

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'can she halve the' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'work for her husband?' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'w' (physics abbreviation).
'for her' becomes 'o' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'husband?' becomes 'man' (I've seen this in other clues).
'w'+'o'+'man'='WOMAN'

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(Other definitions for woman that I've seen before include "person not going on stag-night" , "Lady" , "With 1a [OLD], one's rather timid" , "With 1a [NEW] a freedom fighter" , "Adult female" .)

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