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Husband given arsenic suffers (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

has

'suffers' is the definition.
('have' can be a synonym of 'suffer')

'husband given arsenic' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'arsenic' becomes 'As' (As is the chemical symbol for arsenic).
'h'+'as'='HAS'

(Other definitions for has that I've seen before include "Cheats" , "Possesses or owns" , "Gives birth to" , "Enjoys" , "Eats" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Independent, The Sun and The Telegraph.
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