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Incompetent husband dealing with dirt, so he has to get wife in for chore (7)

Ross

I think it could be either:

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7

7,3,10

'incompetent husband dealing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'dirt so he has to get wife in for chore' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'ad' and 'ad' is present in the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'log' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

(Another definition for loading that I've seen is " Placing weight on".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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