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Will shown by husband with daughter now upset (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hand down

'will' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'husband with daughter now upset' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'with' becomes 'and'.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'upset' indicates anagramming the letters.
'now' anagrammed gives 'own'.
'h'+'and'+'d'+'own'='HAND-DOWN'

'shown by' is the link.

(Another definition for hand down that I've seen is " Issue (judgment); bequeath".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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