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Doctor Ward is Gow's problem? Husband all the time playing golf? (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

grass widow

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'problem? husband all the time playing golf?' is the definition.
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'doctor ward is gow's' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ward'+'is'+'gows'='wardisgows'
'wardisgows' is an anagram of 'GRASS-WIDOW'.

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(Other definitions for grass widow that I've seen before include "Sportsman's wife" , "Lonely woman" , "Spouse of absent husband" , "Being often left alone by husband" , "Her husband's often away -" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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