Future spouse at home, looked after (8)
I believe the answer is:
intended
'future' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'at home looked after' is the wordplay.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'looked after' becomes 'tended' (tending is a kind of looking after).
'in' next to 'tended' is 'INTENDED'.
'spouse' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intended that I've seen before include "Planned, meant to" , "no mistake!" , "One about to join union" , "Fianc(e) - proposed" , "wanted from the outset" .)