Soothed on top cuddling woman (8)
I believe the answer is:
relieved
'soothed' is the definition.
(relieving is a kind of soothing)
'top cuddling woman' is the wordplay.
'top' becomes 'relid' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cuddling' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example).
'relid' going around 'eve' is 'RELIEVED'.
'on' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for relieved that I've seen before include "Replaced on duty" , "Freed by a substitute? - that relaxed the tension" , "Alleviated, assuaged" , "destressed" , "Given a break" .)