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Employee taking pen drive to save (7)

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I believe the answer is:

husband

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'save' is the definition.
(husbanding is a kind of saving)

'employee taking pen drive' is the wordplay.
'employee' becomes 'hand' (hand is a kind of employee).
'taking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pen drive' becomes 'usb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hand' placed around 'usb' is 'HUSBAND'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for husband that I've seen before include "manage thriftily" , "Consort" , "Partner in marriage" , "Man United" , "Male relative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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