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Removing jacket fast when wife goes pale (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ashen

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'pale' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'removing jacket fast when wife goes' is the wordplay.
'removing jacket fast' becomes 'as' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'goes' is a deletion indicator.
'when' with 'w' taken out is 'hen'.
'as'+'hen'='ASHEN'

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(Other definitions for ashen that I've seen before include "Visibly shocked" , "'Very pale, from shock say (5)'" , "Looking pale from illness" , "may be pale with shock" , "So vampire might appear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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