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Gives up personal words spoken before sex between married couple (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parts with

'gives up' is the definition.
('part with' can be a synonym of 'give up')

'personal words spoken before sex between married couple' is the wordplay.
'personal words spoken' becomes 'parts' (eg parts in a play).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sex' becomes 'it' (a common euphemism).
'between' is an insertion indicator.
'married couple' becomes 'WH' (abbreviations for wife and husband).
'it' placed within 'wh' is 'with'.
'parts'+'with'='PARTS WITH'

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