Even if struggling a lot, hug husband (8)
I believe the answer is:
although
'even' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'struggling a lot hug husband' is the wordplay.
'struggling' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'a'+'lot'+'hug'='alothug'
'alothug' is an anagram of 'althoug'.
'althoug'+'h'='ALTHOUGH'
'if' is the link.
(Other definitions for although that I've seen before include "Notwithstanding" , "Whilst" , "Apart from the fact that" , "Hugo, halt! (anag)" , "However, but" .)