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Plastered husband before noon has me blushing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hammered

'plastered' is the definition.
(I know that plastered can be written as hammered)

'husband before noon has me blushing' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'before noon' becomes 'am' (as in AM on a clock).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'blushing' becomes 'red' (blushing makes someone's face go red).
'h'+'am'+'me'+'red'='HAMMERED'

(Other definitions for hammered that I've seen before include "Pounded with heavy implement" , "Hit with a hand tool with heavy rigid head and handle" , "Hit hard" , "Utterly defeated in a contest" , "Forged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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