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Wife, say, or the silly husband Alfred (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

other half

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'wife' is the definition.
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'or the silly husband alfred' is the wordplay.
'silly' is an anagram indicator.
'husband alfred' becomes 'half' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'or'+'the'='orthe'
'orthe' with letters rearranged gives 'other'.
'other'+'half'='OTHER HALF'

'say' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for other half that I've seen before include "partner" , "Dutch" , "people better off than us?" , "Wife or hubby" , "Spouse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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