Enlists most of the others without work at home (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
ropes in
'enlists' is the definition.
'most of the others without work at home' is the wordplay.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'the others' becomes 'rest' (I've seen this in other clues).
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus**).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'at home').
'rest' with its last letter taken off is 'res'.
'res' placed around 'op' is 'ropes'.
'ropes'+'in'='ROPES IN'
(Other definitions for ropes in that I've seen before include "Recruits" , "Gets involved" , "Involves" .)