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Feeling to restrict one husband’s virility (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manhood

'virility' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'feeling to restrict one husband's' is the wordplay.
'feeling' becomes 'mood' (mood is a kind of feeling).
'to restrict' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are restricted or contained).
'one' becomes 'an' (an apple is one apple).
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'an'+'h'='anh'
'mood' going around 'anh' is 'MANHOOD'.

(Other definitions for manhood that I've seen before include "Adult condition" , "Virility" , "21 [PETER]" , "State of adult male" , "What a boy reaches after puberty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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