Thanks everyone for some quality clues. Some that stuck out for me were;
Firstly, chrise's excellent partial container @2 then a superb cryptic def from fiery @3 followed by his extraction anagram @23. Skye's lovely use of 'Bridal' (homophone) @4. A clever double def from mattrom @5 using nags/nag's (both meanings). Anagrams from seamus @8 & 9 - surprisingly the only one to use 'Branks' which was what I was originally going to choose for the Clueless word. Some more beautifully constructed extraction anags from Skewalker with one @19 and 20 being complex plus his long winded affair @15. 22 & 24Paul gave some great offerings with his modern 'FaceTime' @18 and then following with two superb cryptic defs @22 &24. Late entries from jws (nice ref to fishwife) and dja using 'mount'
However, there were 5 clues which had that little extra zing this week and they are;
mattrom @7 which just has that 'roll off the tongue' simplicity but with a hidden twist by using @It's a bit....
so clever and well written.
ixion @12 This is the one that had me scribbling for 20 minutes searching for the anagram. Well, I eventually found it with Special = S + old + chop (S) closing letter - in = container / credibl(y) = anag fodder / all almost = minus the Y / naughty (double duty as anagrind plus part def with the rest making the def. excellent and all made into an &lit clue.
ginge @16. Another superbly constructed &lit using extraction anagram and 'could be made' as the anagrind, agian, a superb effort.
AB @ 17. Took me a while to fully grasp it but it did give me that all important 'penny drop moment' with Femoral / Fem - oral, very clever.
therogue @ 25. Two reasons why this stood out, firstly because we don't see many decent 'letter swap' clues and secondly, it's the first time I've seen 'licentiate' to denote the 'L' which I had to double check in Chambers. It's there though, we see Learner, Line, etc but rarely see the more obscure single letter pointers, nicely done, therogue.
So, in joint 3rd place is ginge @16, ab @17 & therogue @25
2nd place goes to mattrom @7
But our winner this week is ixion @12 with his superb complex &lit
Special old chops closer, incredibly almost all naughty women were made to wear one! (6,6)
Here is your prize ixion, hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYpwbPmUa2E