Financially-maintained partner imprisoned? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
kept woman
'financially-maintained partner imprisoned?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'maintained partner imprisoned?' is the wordplay.
'maintained' becomes 'kept' ('keep' can be a synonym of 'maintain').
'partner' becomes 'w'.
'imprisoned?' becomes 'oman' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'kept'+'w'+'oman'='KEPT WOMAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kept woman that I've seen before include "Mistress" , "Maintained female" .)