Husband shows Sue a way to control shock? (9)
I believe the answer is:
hairspray
'control shock?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'husband shows sue a way' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'shows' becomes 'airs' (shows on TV).
'sue a way' becomes 'pray' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'h'+'airs'+'pray'='HAIRSPRAY'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hairspray that I've seen before include "setter" , "fine solution" , "Barnet manager" , "pressurised stuff?" .)