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Man and wife into god (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pawn

'man' is the definition.
(man can mean a chess piece)

'wife into god' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'god' becomes 'pan' (Pan is a Greek god).
'w' put within 'pan' is 'PAWN'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for pawn that I've seen before include "Deposit as security for a loan" , "Chesspiece" , "Person one used" , "Hostage; chessman" , "one used by another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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