Mrs Duckworth's half of the verandah (4)
I believe the answer is:
vera
'mrs' is the definition.
'half of the verandah' is the wordplay.
'half of' suggests halving the letters.
'verandah' with half the letters taken is 'VERA'.
'duckworth's' is the link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vera that I've seen before include "Woman's name" , "Girl's name (meaning faith or true)" , "Duckworth, Lynn" , ".. Lynn, aloe ..." , "Woman" .)