About to tackle husband wearing the eau de Cologne? (5)
I believe the answer is:
rhine
'eau de cologne?' is the definition.
(river in Cologne - 'eau' means 'water' in French)
'about to tackle husband wearing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'husband' could be 'h' and 'h' is found within the answer.
'wearing' could be 'in' (as in being 'in' certain clothes) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rhine that I've seen before include "River of Cologne" , "Flower" , "Bonn's river" , "River, rising in Switzerland and flowing into the North Sea" , "River at Bonn, Koln" .)