German writer of opera not working with husband after husband’s indiscretion, ultimately (8)
I believe the answer is:
hoffmann
'german writer of opera' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'not working with husband after husband's indiscretion ultimately' is the wordplay.
'not working' becomes 'off' (switched off).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'after husband' becomes 'man' (a married man. I am not sure about the 'after' bit.).
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'indiscretion' is 'n'.
'off' put after 'h' is 'hoff'.
'hoff'+'man'+'n'='HOFFMANN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hoffmann that I've seen before include "Author, subject of Offenbach opera" , "teller of tales" , "German writer, his Tales, Offenbach" .)