| RAISECAIN | Make a lot of noise, as the first couple did |
| SHOOTALINE | Exaggerate siren's noise as the ocean is carrying it |
| SETUPHOUSE | What a newly wed couple did before moving (3,2,5) |
| SPLIT | What many of these couples did since the '90s, often more than once |
| OPENERS | The first couple of batting players who begin a team's innings in cricket (7) |
| LOOPING | The toilet will make a metallic noise as targets are taking a circular path (7) |
| TOOTS | Makes a loud noise, as a car horn - also a dated term of endearment (5) |
| REVIEWS | Critiques the first couple of Readers" Naughty Wives (7) |
| AMENITY | Grace introduces the first couple of enemies to friendship |
| DISMAL | Gloomy face broken by the first couple of smiles |
| ADAMANDEVE | Ed made a van conversion for the first couple (4,3,3) |
| CANWEHELP | Question from the first couple at a dinner party, maybe |
| MEMBER | One in the club to recall blackballing the first couple (6) |
| PATNA | Where, in India, to knock the first couple of nails! (5) |
| ORGY | Excessive indulgence of almost the first couple in Dorian Gray |
| SCRIPT | After the first couple of scenes, trip awkwardly over lines (6) |
| CLUTTERED | 'Messy and crowded', the first couple of cleaners said (9) |
| HARRUMPH | Self-importantly make a noise as if clearing the throat (8) |
| ROAR | Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles (4) |
| TUMULT | A loud, confused noise, as of a crowd (6) |
