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Rings husband's dropped - how clumsy! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

oops

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'dropped how clumsy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'rings husband's' is the wordplay.
'rings' becomes 'oo' (multiple circles).
'husband's' becomes 'ps' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'oo'+'ps'='OOPS'

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(Other definitions for oops that I've seen before include "Apologetic exclamation" , "My bad" , "The sound of stupidity" , "Oh dear, that's a mistake!" , "Exclamation on making obvious mistake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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