Hurt embracing single with a husband? (7)
I believe the answer is:
married
'a husband?' is the definition.
(I know that husband can be written as married)
'hurt embracing single' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'hurt' could be 'mar' (both can mean to harm) and 'mar' is found within the answer.
'single' could be 'i' (one) and 'i' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'red' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for married that I've seen before include "United in match" , "United, wed" , "Espoused" , "Wedded" , "9 across (anag)" .)