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Husband getting with it is a success (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hit

'success' is the definition.
(a hit is a commercial success)

'husband getting with it' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'getting with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'h'+'it'='HIT'

'is a' is the link.

(Other definitions for hit that I've seen before include "Sock" , "Thump" , "Murder" , "skier, perhaps" , "Popular song; strike" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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