The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word HAUSFRAU
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More clues leading to the result HAUSFRAU
- Father taken in by West Africans with superior German woman
- Homemaker has fur tailored with lining of gold
- Bonn homemaker hit it off with a Yankee conman nearly
- Catch a US fraudster burying domestic engineer?
- Catch a US fraudster’s secret wife?
- . Conventional wife's husband and father acquiring gold, son without working getting gold
- German woman surprisingly has a fur uniform
- Nigerian university admitting French or German woman
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The straight part
We know that "Conventional wife" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case conventional wife = hausfrau.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HAUSFRAU mean?
HAUSFRAU noun- A traditional housewife.