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Eva's husband had the right to interrupt a labourer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peron

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'eva's husband had' is the definition.
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'right to interrupt a labourer' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'to interrupt' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a labourer' becomes 'peon' (peon is a kind of labourer).
'r' going into 'peon' is 'PERON'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for peron that I've seen before include "Surname of Evita of the musical" , "Former Argentine leader" , "Former Argentinian leader" , "Juan, maybe" , "Argentinian dictator, 1946-55" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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