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Refused husband the covers: furious about that? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

withheld

'refused' is the definition.
(withholding is a kind of refusing)

'husband the covers furious about that?' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'covers' indicates putting letters inside.
'furious' becomes 'wild' (synonyms).
'about that?' indicates putting letters inside.
'h' inserted within 'the' is 'thhe'.
'thhe' put within 'wild' is 'WITHHELD'.

(Other definitions for withheld that I've seen before include "Not given" , "Kept back, refused to hand over" , "Not issued" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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