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Mad Hatter husband to hijack hunk? (5-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heart-throb

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'hunk?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'mad hatter husband to hijack' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'hatter' is 'heartt' which is present in the answer.
'husband' could be 'h' (abbreviation) and 'h' is found within the answer.
'hijack' could be 'rob' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'rob' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for heart-throb that I've seen before include "Male object of infatuation" , "Person inspiring romantic thoughts" , "Excitingly good-looking man" , "Person arousing romantic infatuation" , "One inciting romantic feelings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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