Husband involved in drive to Luxor's third ancient Egyptian statue (6)
I believe the answer is:
sphinx
'egyptian statue' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'husband involved in drive to luxor's third' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'involved in' indicates putting letters inside.
'drive' becomes 'spin' (I've seen this before).
'to luxor's third' becomes 'x' (3rd letter of 'luxor').
'h' placed into 'spin' is 'sphin'.
'sphin'+'x'='SPHINX'
'ancient' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sphinx that I've seen before include "Mythological riddler" , "Stone figure by the pyramids at Giza" , "Inscrutable figure" , "Creature carved at Giza" , "Ancient riddler" .)