Direction from husband say, stifling a row (7)
I believe the answer is:
heading
'direction' is the definition.
(heading is a kind of direction)
'husband say stifling a row' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'stifling' is an insertion indicator.
'row' becomes 'din' (both can mean a loud disturbance).
'a'+'din'='adin'
'eg' placed around 'adin' is 'eading'.
'h'+'eading'='HEADING'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for heading that I've seen before include "Hide nag (anag.)" , "Being in front of" , "Page title" , "Line of text at the top of an article" , "Bearing; title" .)