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Catch husband smoking a pipe (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hookah

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'a pipe' is the definition.
(hookah is a kind of pipe)

'catch husband smoking' is the wordplay.
'catch' becomes 'hook' (hook is a kind of catch).
'husband smoking' becomes 'ah' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hook'+'ah'='HOOKAH'

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(Other definitions for hookah that I've seen before include "Smoking pipe, using water" , "Turkish pipe" , "Water-cooled tobacco pipe" , "Oriental water pipe for smoking" , "Oriental tobacco pipe that cools the smoke" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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