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Coarse -- and enthusiastic seeing husband put down (6)

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earthy

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(Other definitions for earthy that I've seen before include "Sensible and practical - crude" , "Natural" , "Unenthusiastic" , "Of the soil, lusty" , "Lusty, crude" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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