Hard to tolerate rather dirty husband squeezing out KY (1,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
a bit much
'hard' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'tolerate rather dirty husband squeezing out ky' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'rather' could be 'abit' ('a bit' can mean rather or to some extent) and 'abit' is found in the answer.
'husband' could be 'h' (abbreviation) and 'h' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for a bit much that I've seen before include "unacceptable" , "Too much to put up with, unreasonable" , "out of order" , "That's not on" , "Taking liberties" .)