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Clothing worn by husband causes outrage (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shocks

'causes outrage' is the definition.

'clothing worn by husband' is the wordplay.
'clothing' becomes 'socks' (socks is a kind of clothing**).
'worn by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'socks' enclosing 'h' is 'SHOCKS'.

(Other definitions for shocks that I've seen before include "Sudden upsetting or surprising events" , "Effects of charges of electricity" , "'Stuns, jolts (6)'" , "Surprises, sometimes electrical" , "Jolts, jars" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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