### Clue: Bunk with a woman! (6)
### Answer: BERTHA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: woman
  BERTH(a shelf-like sleeping place on, say, a ship,a bunk,bed) **plus**(with) A.  First nautical reference, and as risqué as Rufus gets! 
Answer: A woman's name, from on Old High Germanic for "bright".