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One who scoffs as fashionable fancy man finally takes husband's place (5)

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I believe the answer is:

cynic

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'one who scoffs' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fashionable fancy man finally takes husband's place' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'man' could be 'cy' and 'cy' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'nic' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cynic that I've seen before include "One believing the worst" , "One critical of the motives of others" , "Person who is generally sceptical" , "One who thinks only self-interest motivates people" , "Misanthrope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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