Can she halve the work for her husband? (5)
I believe the answer is:
woman
'can she' is the definition.
'woman' can be an answer for 'she' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'can' bit.
'halve the work for her husband?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'work' could be 'man' (man can mean to work or operate (e.g.) a machine) and 'man' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'wo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for woman that I've seen before include "person not going on stag-night" , "Lady" , "With 1a [OLD], one's rather timid" , "With 1a [NEW] a freedom fighter" , "Adult female" .)