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Wife using a single pin that's enormous (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whopping

'enormous' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wife using a single pin' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'using a single pin' becomes 'hopping' (pins can mean someone's legs).
'w'+'hopping'='WHOPPING'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for whopping that I've seen before include "Very large" , "Enormous" , "Huge" , "Gigantic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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