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During vacation, wife cries (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

howls

'cries' is the definition.
(howl is a kind of cry)

'during vacation wife' is the wordplay.
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'vacation' becomes 'hols' (short for holidays).
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'hols' enclosing 'w' is 'HOWLS'.

(Another definition for howls that I've seen is " Wails".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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