Bamberger @5, the “one who’s learning” part is just the clue for the L, “with little effort” is the definition, so your first phrase is what is meant, not the latter.

Now on to DONG/GONG… I assume the published answer is GONG. But there is just something wrong with this clue. “Bell” is the definition (not “Bell sounding” = DONG…) of course. So we have to figure out how “sounding i must leave” can be the wordplay. If a meaning of “sounding” was “going” it would be fine, I guess.

So I surely appreciate the blog, Lorraine, thank you!

Just like you, I see something like “I leaving GOING”, but that’s surely nót what the clue tells me.
The answer (must be: GONG) is only defined here as “Bell”, I guess?
According to the dictionaries, I can’t find “Bell sounding” being GONG.
Or is there an expression that one is going when the bell’s sounding?
Or do I miss something?
Or is it DONG …. ?
Very unusual for me to have a ‘problem’ like this with an Everyman clue.

Robi at no 8: but where would cryptic setters be without cricket? ON, OFF, LEG, SLIP, GULLY, OVER, EXTRA COVER, POINT, STUMP, BAIL, CREASE, RUN, MAIDEN … You’re right, Mr Fredericks is a bit obscure, but I for one will forgive it because the surface must have been irresistible.

I suppose 1 had to involve cricket because of the gully reference. I do, however, get a bit fed-up by many setters being cricket-centric. A much more famous Fredericks is the Namibian athlete, Frankie Fredericks, and thus I thought the clue would probably refer to Namibia or somesuch. You need to get to page 4 of a Google ‘Fredericks’ search before getting to Roy (the most famous reference seems to be to a lingerie chain in Hollywood!)

Re 5a, I think Lorraine’s first parsing seems to be correct. Nice anagram for ENTERTAINMENT; and I liked TOGETHER.

As to 14dn and ‘GO’, Chambers lists under numerous definitions of ‘GO’ as ‘to be compared or ranked with others’, which when I read it, it satisfied the ‘match=go’ wordplay.

Lorraine