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Man on board gets wife into god (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pawn

'man on board' is the definition.
(chess)

'wife into god' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'god' becomes 'pan' (Pan is an example**).
'w' inserted inside 'pan' is 'PAWN'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for pawn that I've seen before include "A dupe; hock" , "Person one used" , "Insignificant player" , "Minor chess piece" , "Lowest ranking chessman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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