Woman getting a husband after heartless lie (4)
I believe the answer is:
leah
'woman' is the definition.
'a husband after heartless lie' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'heartless' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'lie' with its centre taken out is 'le'.
'a'+'h'='ah'
'ah' after 'le' is 'LEAH'.
'getting' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for leah that I've seen before include "She married Jacob" , "Heal (anag) - girl" , "Hale (anag) - wife of Jacob" , "Jacob's first wife (Bible)" , "Jacobs first wife (Gen.29)" .)