Independent 9,795 / Radian

PEED (=went, i.e. to toilet) in SUP (=to drink)

S<h>I<n>S (“now and then” means alternate letters only) in PERT (=forward, cheeky)

Hidden (“some”) in “inFLATion”; & lit. , since a flat tyre needs to be inflated, blown up!

[A + R (=royal, in abbreviations) + KING (=royal)] in PLOT (=bed, in garden): “couple” suggests two elements in the wordplay that can be indicated by “royal”; a Dodge is an American car that would be parked in a “parking lot”, the American English expression for a “carpark”

TAN (=brown) in [O (=old) + CE (=church, i.e. Church of England)]; an octane is any of a group of 18 isomeric hydrocarbons

*(TOP OF HAT); “damage” is anagram indicator; the “flags” of the definition are flagstones, paving stones

IN (=popular) + TRANS<m>IT (=air, i.e. as verb, broadcast; “Mark (=M)’s forgotten” means letter “m” is dropped)

U (=university) in [US (=American) + RP (=a way of speaking, i.e. Received Pronunciation)]

SCRAP<e> (=score, scratch); “that’s unfinished” means last letter is dropped

BLINDS (=swears, as in effs and blinds) + POT (=dope, i.e. marijuana)

[O (=old) + SS (=ship, i.e. steamship)] in [C (=college) + RING (=band)]

<b>RIGHTO<n> (=resort, in SE England); “out of bounds” means first and last letters are dropped

R (=river) + *(HOT ROD WAY); “souped up” is anagram indicator

X (=No 10, i.e. ten in Roman numerals) in TIE (=bind, fasten, with e.g. rope); “reeling” indicates reversal

STICK<l>ER (=pedant); “left (=L) out” means letter “l” is dropped

E (=tablet, i.e. Ecstasy) in [A + VENUS (=goddess, of love)]

*(IN PLACE); “that needs repairing” is anagram indicator; a pelican crossing (=entry at 23) helps pedestrians to cross a road

Hidden (“a bit”) in “tEXT RAmbles”

*(MEET UP) + <taver>N (“close to” means last letter only); “after work” is anagram indicator

<m>EDI<a> <s>TOR<y>; “cropped separately” means both words lose their first and last letters

SIGN (=to initial, e.g. an agreement) + POSTS (=jobs, positions)

O (=duck, i.e. a zero score in cricket) in SCOTER (=a northern sea duck)

DEAL (=traffic (in), trade) + LIGHTS (=offal); cryptically, traffic lights could be described as “crossing (=entry at 23) controllers” in that they let pedestrians and motorists alike know when they have right of way at a (pedestrian) crossing

*(POCHARD IS); “flying” is anagram indicator

CARP (=grouse, moan) + OR + <pheasan>T (“last of” means last letter only)

NUR (RUN=dash; “over” indicates vertical reversal) + EYE (=to watch) + V (=very); the reference is to Soviet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (1938-93)

OUT (=dismissed, in cricket) + [N (=new) in LIE (=story, fabrication)]

D<a>I (=Welshman; “ignores a” means letter “a” is dropped) + POLE (=European, from Poland); a dipole is a simple and widely used form of antenna, also called a doublet

RE (=on, regarding) in GEN (=dope, information); there is normally a flag on a green in golf