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Kiss husband in bar (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shave

'kiss' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'husband in bar' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'bar' becomes 'save' (save is a kind of bar**).
'h' placed within 'save' is 'SHAVE'.

(Other definitions for shave that I've seen before include "Use a razor" , "Remove facial hair" , "Remove unwanted hair" , "Shear closely" , "Knock off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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