To which the wife consigned her photo? (5)
I believe the answer is:
flame
'photo?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'to which the wife consigned her' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'her' could be 'ame' and 'ame' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flame that I've seen before include "abusive comment" , "Ignited gas" , "Glowing part of fire" , "lover?" , "Light; (old) love" .)