Opportunity to ditch name for surviving woman (5)
I believe the answer is:
widow
'woman' is the definition.
(I know that widow is a type of woman)
'opportunity to ditch name for' is the wordplay.
'opportunity' becomes 'window' (I've seen this before).
'to ditch' suggests deleting specific letters.
'name for' becomes 'n' (I've seen this in other clues).
'window' with 'n' taken out is 'WIDOW'.
'surviving' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for widow that I've seen before include "Woman whose husband has died" , "Black -----, cannibalistic venomous spider" , "One who's husband is dead" , "Woman whose husband is dead" , "Woman who has lost her husband" .)