Telegraph Cryptic Connections Puzzle For This Week

[Matakari]

Good morning,
I am reasonably sure about 2 and am stuck on 1, 4 and 5. Some help would be appreciated, thanks.

Cryptic Connections
In a Cryptic Connections puzzle, five cryptic crossword clues must be solved; their answers can be made from the list of letters given underneath. Once all the clues have been solved, some letters will be unused; these can be arranged to give a word or phrase that links the answers to the five clues.

1 Spy clobbered and reportedly hit spiritualist (7)
2 Exhausted writer seen in street (5) SPENT
3 Beast revealed by dry lake at last (5) BRUTE
4 Steam cooked part of carvery? (5)
5 Guard flower with parasites on (6)

A B C C C C E E E E E F H I I L M N O O P P P R R S S S T T T U Y

[novalis]

4 - Meats - anagram of steam

[novalis]

1 - Psychic

[aelmpvw]

5 po lice

[Neveracrossword]

...and the connection is Force.

[Matakari]

Many thanks, all!