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Carelessly spray lube, missing fifth husband. Well done! (8)

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superbly

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'carelessly spray lube missing fifth husband well done' is the definition.
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'carelessly spray lube missing fifth husband' is the wordplay.
'carelessly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'missing' suggests deleting specific letters.
'fifth husband' becomes 'a' (5th letter of 'husband').
'spray'+'lube'='spraylube'
'spraylube' with 'a' taken away is 'sprylube'.
'sprylube' is an anagram of 'SUPERBLY'.

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