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Single aunt acted wildly, embracing husband (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unattached

'single' is the definition.
(not attached to a partner)

'aunt acted wildly embracing husband' is the wordplay.
'wildly' indicates an anagram.
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'aunt'+'acted'='auntacted'
'auntacted' is an anagram of 'unattaced'.
'unattaced' placed around 'h' is 'UNATTACHED'.

(Other definitions for unattached that I've seen before include "Not married" , "Not joined" , "Single" , "Not belonging" , "independent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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