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Valet in husband's tavern, drunk (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manservant

'valet' is the definition.
(a valet is a type of manservant)

'husband's tavern drunk' is the wordplay.
'husband's' becomes 'man's' (a married man).
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tavern' is an anagram of 'ervant'.
'mans'+'ervant'='MANSERVANT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for manservant that I've seen before include "Valet" , "Chap's assistant" , "footman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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