Before marriage, give permission briefly to accept daughter’s hand (6)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

definition: a NEEDLE or a “hand” can be a pointer on a dial or a clock NEE + LE, around D (daughter) NEE=N ée (describing a name one was born with, “Before marriage”) LE is LE-t=”give permission briefly”