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Husband getting in metal flying machine (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chopper

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'flying machine' is the definition.
(term for a helicopter)

'husband getting in metal' is the wordplay.
'husband getting' becomes 'h' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'metal' becomes 'copper' (copper is a kind of metal).
'h' going within 'copper' is 'CHOPPER'.

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(Other definitions for chopper that I've seen before include "Air transport" , "Hatchet" , "Lizzie Borden" , "type of aircraft" , "that's used by a lumberjack" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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