Exiled without husband after old city became more industrial (9)
I believe the answer is:
urbanised
'exiled without husband after old' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'city became more industrial' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'city' could be 'urban' (urban means relating to a city) and 'urban' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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