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Harm married couple on island (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impair

'harm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'married couple on island' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'couple' becomes 'pair' (synonyms).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'm'+'pair'='mpair'
'mpair' after 'i' is 'IMPAIR'.

(Other definitions for impair that I've seen before include "Hobble" , "'Mar, damage (6)'" , "Hurt or handicap" , "Damage or handicap" , "Spoil, degrade" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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