Married lady treated in absurd way (5)
I believe the answer is:
madly
'in absurd way' is the definition.
'married lady treated' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'm'.
'treated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lady' anagrammed gives 'adly'.
'm'+'adly'='MADLY'
(Another definition for madly that I've seen is " "Deeply truly ____"".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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