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Longing for women, if lust unbridled (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wistful

'longing for' is the definition.
(wistfulness is a feeling of longing)

'women if lust unbridled' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'unbridled' indicates an anagram (letters are unrestrained or unbridled).
'if'+'lust'='iflust'
'iflust' with letters rearranged gives 'istful'.
'w'+'istful'='WISTFUL'

(Other definitions for wistful that I've seen before include "Melancholy" , "Sadly pensive" , "Regretfully longing" , "(Of a smile) showing vague or regretful longing" , "Disconsolate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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