### Clue: Relief to chew over source of life (8)
### Answer: EASEMENT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Relief 
 EAT(to chew, and then swallow) **containing**(over) SEMEN(the milky fluid which contains spermatozoa, the male seeds which are a source of life when combined with female eggs – it appears that "semen" can now also stand for "sperm", probably as a result of past widespread loose usage of the word).