More sage in group of women's English recipe (5)
I believe the answer is:
wiser
'more sage' is the definition.
('wise' can be similar in meaning to 'sage')
'group of women's english recipe' is the wordplay.
'group of women's' becomes 'WI's' (Women's Institute).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'recipe' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in medical prescriptions).
'wis'+'e'+'r'='WISER'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for wiser that I've seen before include "A little more sage" , "More sensible" , "More prudent" , "showing more understanding?" , "more enlightened" .)