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Permitted to indulge without constraint after wife's gone off with editor (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allowed

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'permitted' is the definition.
('allow' can be a synonym of 'permit')

'indulge without constraint after wife's gone off with editor' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is present in the answer.
'editor' could be 'ed' and 'ed' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for allowed that I've seen before include "Owned" , "Given permission" , "Permitted and granted" , "Acknowledged" , "Legitimate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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