Places regularly frequented by husbands and female relatives (6)
I believe the answer is:
haunts
'places regularly frequented' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'husbands and female relatives' is the wordplay.
'husbands' becomes 'h' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'female relatives' becomes 'aunts' (I've seen this before).
'h'+'aunts'='HAUNTS'
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for haunts that I've seen before include "Places where ghosts hang out?" , "Frequently visits" , "Frequents or visits as a ghost" , "Frequently visited places, hangouts" , "Inhabits as a ghost" .)