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Current examination involving married male is unethical (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

immoral

'unethical' is the definition.
('immoral' can be a synonym of 'unethical')

'current examination involving married male' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'examination' becomes 'oral' (oral is a kind of examination**).
'involving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'married' becomes 'm'.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'i'+'oral'='ioral'
'm'+'m'='mm'
'ioral' placed around 'mm' is 'IMMORAL'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for immoral that I've seen before include "Evil" , "Unethical, unprincipled" , "Ignoring right and wrong" , "Licentious - dissolute" , "sick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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