Wife ready to answer question in practice (4-2)
I believe the answer is:
warm-up
'practice' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'wife ready to answer question' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'ready' becomes 'arm' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to answer question' becomes 'up' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'w'+'arm'+'up'='WARM-UP'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for warm-up that I've seen before include "Preliminary exercising" , "Prepare for athletic contest by exercising beforehand" , "Preparatory exercise" , "Preliminary exercise" , "Athlete's preparation" .)