1 | Wife strikes, ends shooting (5) WRAPS. W {wife} RAPS {strikes}. |
2 | Bound (o boy!) to get sued, losing it (9) OBLIGATED. O B {boy} + {to get} LitIGATED {sued} {..., losing IT}. |
3 | Cabinet reworked border after limitless struggle (8) WARDROBE. BORDER* {reworked ...} after WAr {struggle} {limitless ...}. |
4 | Outstanding ring! Got married? (4) OWED. O {ring} WED {got married}. |
5 | Instrument you mentioned is in broken sitar's bag (4,6) BASS GUITAR. U {you mentioned} in {is in} SITARSBAG* {broken ...}. |
6 | Reflecting after family's fifth member pops out, plan family with this protective cover (6) NAPKIN. PlAN {after famiLy's fifth member pops out, ...} << {Reflecting ...} KIN {family}. |
7 | Various agencies providing employment (5) USAGE. Hidden answer {... providing}: varioUS AGEncies. |
8 | Moves country using only a few words, according to Spooner (9) TRANSFERS. Spoonerism of {..., according to Spooner} FRANCE {country} TERSE {using only a few words}. |
13 | Matches astonishingly rotten man, swipes (disgusted, essentially) (10) TOURNAMENT. ROTTENMAN* {astonishingly ...} around {swipes} disgUsted {..., essentially}. |
14 | Unusual loo—am extraordinarily enthralled by waste outlet (9) ANOMALOUS. LOOAM* {... extraordinarily} in {enthralled by} ANUS {waste outlet}. |
16 | A couple of lightweights—boring, plain, clueless (9) OBLIVIOUS. LIghtweights {a couple of ...} in {boring} OBVIOUS {plain}. |
17 | After mixing gin, try one drop—Y/N? (8) NITROGEN. GINTRyONE* {after mixing ...} {drop Y}. |
20 | A former lover cried out for extension (6) ANNEXE. Homophone of {... cried out} AN EX {a former lover}. |
22 | Fine, good stuff (5) THING. THIN {fine} G {good}. |
24 | Passionate, revolutionary youth is brutal every now and then (5) LUSTY. Reversed third letters in {revolutionary ... every now and then} YouTh iS brUtaL <<. |
25 | Cunning principal (4) ARCH. Double definition. |