1 Animal's uterus located (6) WOMBAT - Animal (def) from WOMB (uterus) AT (located) 4 Peacekeepers visiting Irish city open bottle of wine (6) UNCORK - open bottle of wine (def) from UN (Peacekeepers) visiting CORK (Irish city) 9 Chandler's acting suspiciously taking young partner (6-9) CRADLE-SNATCHING - taking young partner (def) from anagram (suspiciously) of CHANDLER'S ACTING 10 Pointed the finger at cooked meal served in bloodstained shell (6) BLAMED - Pointed the finger at (def) from LAME anagram (cooked) of MEAL in BD (bloodstained shell) 11 Cover clouds with mobile luggage holder (4,4) ROOF RACK - mobile luggage holder (def) from ROOF (Cover) RACK (clouds) 12 Losing head, drive crazy and almost drop bit at the end (8) ADDENDUM - bit at the end (def) from (M)ADDEN (drive crazy Losing head) DUM (almost drop=dump) 14 Greasy spot around rim (6) SLIPPY - Greasy (def) from SPY (spot) around LIP (rim) 15 Main colour dried up (6) SEARED - dried up (def) from SEA (Main) RED (colour) 18 Courteous way to play occasionally (8) MANNERLY - Courteous (def) from MANNER (way) to LY (pLaY occasionally) 21 Welsh port's pious leader (8) HOLYHEAD - Welsh port (def) from HOLY (pious) HEAD (leader) 22 Look! Flaming horse coming back (6) GANDER - Look (def) from RED (Flaming) NAG (horse) reversed (coming back) 24 Manoeuvre motorboat warily through circuitous route (7,8) ORBITAL MOTORWAY - circuitous route (def) from anagram (Manoeuvre) of MOTORBOAT WARILY 25 Stuffed priest with more (6) PADDED - Stuffed (def) from P (priest) with ADDED (more) 26 Sea-nymph in diner upset with egg starter (6) NEREID - Sea-nymph (def) from anagram (upset) of DINER with E (egg starter) 1 Guard pocketing rising English pound sang (7) WARBLED - sang (def) from WARD (Guard) containing (pocketing) BLE reversal of (rising) E(English) LB(pound) 2 Lady rising and falling (5) MADAM - Lady rising and falling (def) 3 Adjusted as afternoon began (7) AMENDED - Adjusted (def) from AM ENDED (afternoon began) 5 Ideas for movements starting differently (7) NOTIONS - Ideas (def) from N(M)OTIONS (movements starting differently) 6 Alternatively, books the lady with old comedian (9) OTHERWISE - Alternatively (def) from OT (books) HER (the lady) with WISE (old comedian - Ernie Wise of Morecambe and Wise fame) 7 Plant monarch on trophy (7) KINGCUP - Plant (def) from KING (monarch) on CUP (trophy) 8 County worker on edge (6) ANTRIM - County (def) from ANT (worker) on RIM (edge) 13 Peer-like flyer arriving before the rest (5,4) EARLY BIRD - arriving before the rest (def) from EARLY (Peer-like) BIRD (flier) 16 Self-aggrandisement for example over holiday (3,4) EGO TRIP - Self-aggrandisement (def) from EG (for example) O (over) TRIP (holiday) 17 Expected to see payment deadline (3,4) DUE DATE - payment deadline (def) from DUE (Expected) DATE (to see) 18 Connection devices in government department spaces (6) MODEMS - Connection devices (def) from MOD (government department) EMS (spaces) 19 Shredded thing that is put on at end of day (7) NIGHTIE - put on at end of day (def) from anagram (Shredded) of THING IE (that is) 20 Sheltered daughter's uncooked fish on the way up (7) LEEWARD - Sheltered (def) from D (daughter's) RAW (uncooked) EEL (fish) reversed (on the way up) 23 Tend to type of shark (5) NURSE - Tend to (def) type of shark (def)