Clue: Spooner's slog, woman for taming being a dull person (8)
Answer: CLODPATE
Explanation: Definition: a dull person
Spoonerism of PLOD + KATE (Katherina from *The Taming of the Shrew*). I'm not as much against spoonerism clues as some people, but I'm not keen on ones like this where the words being spoonerised have no particular connection, especially when they lead to a rather obscure answer