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Princess's hubby let loose to destroy? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dismantle

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'destroy?' is the definition.
(I know that dismantle is a more specific form of destroy)

'princess's hubby let loose' is the wordplay.
'princess's hubby' becomes 'disman' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'loose' is an anagram indicator (letters are loosened from their original positions).
'let' with letters rearranged gives 'tle'.
'disman'+'tle'='DISMANTLE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dismantle that I've seen before include "To demolish" , "Take to pieces" , "Undo" , "Unrig" , "strike" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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