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Nervous Shakespeare wife dismissed with some banter? (3,2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

ill at ease

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

'shakespeare wife dismissed with some banter?' is the wordplay.
'shakespeare' becomes 'will' (I've seen this in other clues).
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'dismissed' is a deletion indicator.
'with some banter?' becomes 'atease' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'will' with 'w' taken out is 'ill'.
'ill'+'atease'='ILL AT EASE'

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(Other definitions for ill at ease that I've seen before include "Embarrassed" , "Unable to relax" , "Nervous, uncomfortable" , "On edge" , "awkward" .)

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