Flabby guy who'd no wife unfortunately (6)

I believe the answer is:

doughy

'flabby' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'guy who'd no wife unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'no' is a deletion indicator.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'guy'+'whod'='guywhod'
'guywhod' with 'w' removed is 'guyhod'.
'guyhod' is an anagram of 'DOUGHY'.

(Another definition for doughy that I've seen is " Soft".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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