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Husband is horrible for health (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

other half

'husband' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'horrible for health' is the wordplay.
'horrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'for'+'health'='forhealth'
'forhealth' anagrammed gives 'OTHER HALF'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for other half that I've seen before include "Dutch" , "partner" , "people better off than us?" , "Wife or hubby" , "Spouse" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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