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Former husband has to lie about banishment

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exile

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'banishment' is the definition.
(exile is a kind of banishment)

'former husband has to lie about' is the wordplay.
'former husband has' becomes 'ex' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'lie' is an anagram of 'ile'.
'ex'+'ile'='EXILE'

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(Other definitions for exile that I've seen before include "Send away" , "Person forced from country" , "Ousted person" , "One barred from their native country" , "Deportee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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