Secures wife during final days (4)
I believe the answer is:
wins
'secures' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'wife during final days' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'during' becomes 'in' (e.g. during February means in February).
'final' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'days' is 's'.
'w'+'in'+'s'='WINS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wins that I've seen before include "Triumphs" , "Victories" , "Finishes in first place" .)