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Wife to go down after hot date – that's a bonus (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

windfall

'that's a bonus' is the definition.
(windfall is a kind of bonus)

'wife to go down after hot date' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'to go down' becomes 'fall' (falling is a kind of going down).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'hot' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'date' becomes 'd' (abbreviation e.g. dob - date of birth).
'in'+'d'='ind'
'fall' after 'ind' is 'indfall'.
'w'+'indfall'='WINDFALL'

(Other definitions for windfall that I've seen before include "Stroke of luck" , "Unexpected bonus" , "unexpected blessing" , "Godsend" , "Fruit that has fallen from the tree or sudden good fortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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