Prudish women initially having a life of pleasure (8,4)
I believe the answer is:
primrose path
'pleasure' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'prudish women initially having a life of' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'prudish' could be 'prim' (synonyms) and 'prim' is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for primrose path that I've seen before include "pleasurable way of life" , "Pursuit of pleasure" , "easy way" , "Hellish route" .)