| BESTRIDE | Command by wife to obtain ornate set (8) |
| RUBRIC | Difficulty with endlessly ornate set of instructions |
| REGIMENT | Body of soldiers command by colonel (8) |
| CONTRACTBRIDGE | Get infected by wife-to-be hosting midnight card game (8,6) |
| CARTWRIGHT | Coach initially told by wife to get proper job |
| UPGROW | Group organised by wife to become more adult |
| NORWICH | Refusal by wife to enter affluent city |
| CHATEAUX | Drink in two forms provided by wife in vineyard estates (8) |
| SWADDLED | Covered seat occupied by wife and daughter (8) |
| HEDGEROW | Dog here groomed by wife - it needs clipping regularly (8) |
| DAWDLING | Moving slowly, old man being fed by wife Heather (8) |
| WHEREAMI | Collected by wife half cut, hear me performing Show Me The Way To Go Home? (5,2,1) |
| FLATWARE | Knives and forks etc for an American's apartment are needed by wife (8) |
| FIREWOOD | Board that's been chopped by wife after heat, perhaps |
| MATADORS | Spanish sportsmen at a party held by wife? |
| TOREINTO | Attacked and split down the middle, abandoned by wife |
| CASTDOWN | Depressed, shy academic bored by wife (4,4) |
| HELDSWAY | Dominated by wife sadly - he's miserable (4,4) |
| WISHLIST | Items desired by wife's a little high grade (4,4) |
| UKASE | Arbitrary command by Britain, similar to European (5) |
