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Famous lover's lust for one with husband - apartment overturned (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daphnis

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'famous lover's lust for one with husband apartment overturned' is the definition.
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'lust for one with husband apartment overturned' is the wordplay.
'lust for one' becomes 'sin' (lust is a deadly sin).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'apartment' becomes 'pad' (I've seen this in another clue).
'overturned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'sin'+'h'+'pad'='sinhpad'
'sinhpad' reversed gives 'DAPHNIS'.

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(Another definition for daphnis that I've seen is " Shepherd".)

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