Spooner's family all named after original matriarch, a queen (4,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
anne of cleves
'spooner's' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'family all named after original matriarch a queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anne of cleves that I've seen before include "Fourth wife of Henry VIII" , "Mare" , "an ex of Henry's" , "King Hal's fourth wife" , "Royal divorcee" .)