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Husband finally and woman said to be shattered (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

devastated

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'shattered' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'husband finally and woman said' is the wordplay.
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'woman' becomes 'eva' (woman's name).
'said' becomes 'stated' ('state' can be a synonym of 'say').
The final letter of 'husband' is 'd'.
'd'+'eva'+'stated'='DEVASTATED'

'to be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for devastated that I've seen before include "overwhelmed with grief" , "Totally in bits" , "Destroyed; overwhelmed" , "very upset" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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