Wife sure hook's broken in place of labour (9)
I believe the answer is:
workhouse
'place of labour' is the definition.
'workhouse' can be an answer for 'place' (I have seen 'Poor place' mean 'workhouse' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'workhouse'). I'm unsure of the 'of labour' bit.
'wife sure hook's broken' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'sure'+'hook'='surehook'
'surehook' with letters rearranged gives 'orkhouse'.
'w'+'orkhouse'='WORKHOUSE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for workhouse that I've seen is " Poor place".)