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Nasty trick to control husband for now (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meanwhile

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'for now' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nasty trick' is the wordplay.
'nasty' becomes 'mean' (similar in meaning).
'trick' becomes 'while' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mean'+'while'='MEANWHILE'

'to control husband' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for meanwhile that I've seen before include "For the moment" , "In the interim" , "in intervening period" , "simultaneously" , "On the other hand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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