Kind to fat fiancée suffering abuse (12)

I believe the answer is:

affectionate

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'suffering abuse' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'kind to fat fiancee' is the wordplay.
'kind' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'kind of' mean this).
'to'+'fat'+'fiancee'='tofatfiancee'
'tofatfiancee' is an anagram of 'AFFECTIONATE'.

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(Other definitions for affectionate that I've seen before include "Warm-hearted - loving" , "friendly" , "Tender" , "Fond" , "Expressing fondness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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