Fronting group enthralling wife taking time off work (8,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
swinging the lead
'fronting group enthralling wife' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'taking time off work' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'taking' could be 'swinging' (swinging is a kind of taking) and 'swinging' is found in the answer.
'time' could be 'ad' and 'ad' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swinging the lead that I've seen before include "showing signs of laziness" , "Malingering" , "old nautical term)" , "as boxer's escort may be?" .)