1: Reduces strain from years of tension (7)
3: Outfield swamps East team, scoring all the points (7)
4: One who regrets following initial tendencies is increasingly sincere (5)
5: Went to bed embarrassed about backward custom (7)
6: Male meandering in back of sedan burned 'Sugar' (7)
7: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)
8: Call on telephone about lock (7)
13: Wives' strange ideas (5)
14: Frequently held back by internet formalities (5)
15: Man sees bananas in a bunch (2,5)
16: A weak line of defense from wise men? Not! (7)
17: Melodic rearrangement of asymmetrically split second part (7)
18: Punk brains a teenage witch (7)
19: Gets in boats at sea (7)
21: A fellow's legs may be protected by these (5)
22: Kingdom seen in nature, almost (5)
24: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)