Independent 9,527 / Dac

*(AWAITS HELP); “for redevelopment” is anagram indicator

THU<r>S (=one day, of week); “Republican (=R) will bow out” means letter “r” is dropped

I + [ELAN (=dash, vigour) in C<ol>D (“extremely” means first and last letters only)]

F1 (=Formula One, i.e. abbreviated) + ELDER (=senior)

Hidden (“in”) in “nEXT RAce”; extras are runs added to a score in cricket

BAR (=ban) + BAD (=evil) + IAN (=Scot)

HOS<t> (=large number; “briefly” means last letter dropped); “repulsed” indicates reversal; soh (sol or so) is the fifth note in the scale of sol-fa notation

*(IRAN) in MANDATE (=order); “in revolution” is anagram indicator

*(PAINTERS) in EST (=is in Paris, i.e. the French word for is); an Esperantist is a speaker of Esperanto, the universal (“one”) language

G<u>I<l>T<y>; “oddly” means odd letters only are needed

[X (=cross, pictorially) + PRESS (=media types)] in ELY (=East Anglian city)

<wimb>L<edon> (“middle of” means central letter only) + END (=final) + L (=left); the reference is to Czech tennis champion Ivan Lendl (1960-)

SAN<k> (=drowned; “almost” means last letter dropped) + homophone (“say”) of “deal” (=plank, i.e. wood)

SUM (=quantity) in CONE (=ice cream container)

N (=new) + EON (=age)

HERR (=German fellow) in [O (=old, as in the OT) + TANK’S (=combat vehicle’s)]

Homophone (“you might say”) of “wine” (=what’s drunk with grouse, at dinner); to “grouse” is to moan, whine, grumble

SWEATS (=old soldiers, colloquially) + H (=hard) + OP (=work, i.e. opus)

*(LA PAZ); “rebuilt” is anagram indicator

I in AD (=the present, i.e. anno domini)

IN (popular) + [MALI (=African country) in FORTY (=figure, number)]

HAD (=experienced, underwent) + JI<ngoism> (“early signs of” means first two letters only); a hadji is someone who has performed a hadj, i.e. a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

RANGE (=Alps, perhaps) in 2 x ST (=saint), i.e. pious twins

RA (=artist, i.e. Royal Academician) in [CE (=this French, i.e. the French word for this) + MIST (=mist, haze)]; a ceramist (or ceramicist) is interested in pottery, hence “a potty character”

BANANAS (=nuts, crazy) + PL (=Poland, in IVR) + IT

*(EVENTS) in SON (=youngster); “version of” is anagram indicator; the reference is to Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94)

MARK (=money once, i.e. former unit of currency in Germany) + <p>ETER (=safe (box); “unopened” means first letter dropped)

*(A LONG) + QU (=question) + IN; “translated” is anagram indicator; Algonquin is a language spoken by a Native Indian tribe in Canada

PIN (=nail, peg) + KO (=floor, as verb; to knock out); a pinko is a socialist but not to the same extent as a red, hence “left one”

RE (=on, concerning) + NIL<e> (“briefly” means last letter dropped); “turning round” indicates reversal

Homophone (“reportedly”) of “leads” is in first place; the definition appears to refer both to the Yorkshire city of Leeds and its football team Leeds United

Hidden (“involved”) in “butCHEry”; the reference is to Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-67)