Crossword Genius

Unreasonable custom husband omitted a lot (1,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

a bit much

'unreasonable' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'custom husband omitted a lot' is the wordplay.
'custom' becomes 'habit' (habit is a kind of custom).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'omitted' is a deletion indicator.
'a lot' becomes 'much' ('much' can be a synonym of 'a lot'**).
'habit' with 'h' removed is 'abit'.
'abit'+'much'='A BIT MUCH'

(Other definitions for a bit much that I've seen before include "over the top" , "Taking liberties" , "unfair" , "Somewhat excessive, crossing the permitted line" , "That's not on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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