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Husband allowed European in to indulge maker of leaflets (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pamphleteer

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'maker of leaflets' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'husband allowed european in to indulge' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'allowed' becomes 'let' (to let is to allow or permit).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'to indulge' becomes 'pamper' ('pamper' can be a synonym of 'indulge').
'h'+'let'+'e'='hlete'
'hlete' put within 'pamper' is 'PAMPHLETEER'.

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(Other definitions for pamphleteer that I've seen before include "One doing handouts" , "Political writer" , "political journalist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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