Independent 9,421 / Phi

DISC (=circular object) + {D (=daughter) in [A + RING (=circular object)]}

Double definition: to pass an exam, i.e. be successful AND to pass on a question, i.e. not provide an answer to it

S<mal>L (“emptied” means all but first and last letters are dropped) + EIGHT (=cube, in maths, i.e. 2 x 2 x 2); cf. sleight of hand

C<hristmas> (“start of” means first letter only) + LEAVE (=holiday, from work) + R (=runs, in cricket)

UND (=German “joiner”, i.e. conjunction – the German word for and) + UE (EU=international group; “backed” indicates reversal)

Cryptically, a “free (shooting) range”, i.e. charging no entrance fee, would be popular with destitute gun fanciers!!

*(LIEDER + OPS); “broadcast of” is anagram indicator

SHUN<t> (=type of accident); “saving time (=T)” means letter “t” is dropped

O (=old) + NUS (SUN=star; “making comeback” indicates reversal)

*(AN ALLERGY); “treatment of” is anagram indicator

CHAR (=cleaner, daily) + [<l>AT<e> (“core of” means middle letters only) in LAN (=computer network, i.e. Local Area Network)]; a charlatan is a quack, a fraud

A + [N (=name) in SOW (=broadcast, e.g. seed)]

*(BAD) + OMEN (NEMO=submarine captain, in novels by Jules Verne; “returning” indicates reversal); “upset” is anagram indicator

A SIN (=crime) IN + E (=Spain, in IVR)

OR (=men, i.e. Other Ranks) in LD (=Liberal Democrat)

TEN (=a number) in *(DICKENS); “new edition” is anagram indicator

*(SAID + USED); “unpleasantly” is anagram indicator

N (=new) in SPED (=hurried)

*(SOME APPEALING + L<ight>); “source of” means first letter only: “possibly” is anagram indicator; & lit.

D (=daughter) + <bea>UTIFUL (=attractive; “dismissing more than half of BEA<ux>” means first three letters are dropped)

UCL (=capital college, i.e. University College London) in NEAR (=close to); the “central area” of the definition must be the nucleus or core of an atom

V (=very) in [A + DENTURE (=lot of nippers, i.e. teeth)]

[T<raffic> (“first of” means first letter only) + RE (=about)] in SET (=fixed, e.g. of price)

REP (=theatre) + RESENT (=to feel aggrieved about) + ATIVE (EVITA=musical; “revolutionary” indicates vertical reversal)

[ANT (=soldier) + AND] in SER. (=series)

Hidden (“part of”) in “anothER Age”; & lit.

F (=force, in physics or as in RAF) + LAWLESS (=of anarchy)

LATE (=no longer in place, i.e. former) + N<i>CE (=pleasant; “to conceal one (=I)” means letter “i” is dropped)

RAN (=raced) + FIRE (=sack, from work)

S<wimmer> (“initial” means first letter only) + CRAWL (=stroke, in swimming); scrawl is unintelligible writing, hence “no clarity of line”!

AIR (=atmosphere) in N N (=notes, i.e. 2 x N=note)