Lives with a woman, it emerges (5)
I believe the answer is:
issue
'it emerges' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'lives with a woman' is the wordplay.
'lives' becomes 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a woman' becomes 'sue' (woman's name).
'is'+'sue'='ISSUE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for issue that I've seen before include "Matter of dispute" , "Kids" , "important point" , "Important problem" , "Result, outcome; topic" .)