Domestic wards at the centre of explosive charge (6)
I believe the answer is:
petard
'explosive charge' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'domestic wards at the centre' is the wordplay.
'domestic' becomes 'pet' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at the centre' indicates the central letters.
The central letters of 'wards' are 'ard'.
'pet'+'ard'='PETARD'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for petard that I've seen before include "A small bomb - you may be hoist with your own" , "Something likely to explode" , "Possession that one may be hoist with" , "Explosive device, one could have been hoist by their own, of old" , "Explosive device carried to blow in a door" .)