State of wife — is at home full of tricks (9)
I believe the answer is:
wisconsin
'state' is the definition.
(Wisconsin is an example)
'wife is at home full of tricks' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'at home' becomes 'in' (similar in meaning).
'full of' is an insertion indicator.
'tricks' becomes 'cons' (I've seen this before).
'is'+'in'='isin'
'isin' enclosing 'cons' is 'isconsin'.
'w'+'isconsin'='WISCONSIN'
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for wisconsin that I've seen before include "State of north central US" , "US state bordering Lakes Superior and Michigan" , "The "Badger State"" , "Northern state" , "State of N. central US" .)