Independent 9,833 / Tyrus

*(ARE) + O (=round, i.e. pictorially); “nuts” is anagram indicator; the reference is to the Aero chocolate bar

SOL + TI (=notes, in music)

The reference is to Hungarian-born composer Georg Solti (1912-97)

CR (=credit) in EU (=union we’re trying to leave, referring to Brexit); ecru is the colour of bleached linen, hence “fawn”

*(TO NEIL); “sent” is anagram indicator; a Nilote is an inhabitant of the banks of the Upper Nile

B + [IRIS (=Murdoch, i.e. British writer) in LAM (=clout, hit)]

RING (=call, phone) in *(FINE); “unfair” is anagram indicator

[A + DI (=copper, i.e. Detective Inspector)] in RUM (=odd, strange)

PRO (=supporting, in favour of) + W (=weight)

*(GROW MONEY TREE + HOARD TOO); “difficult” is anagram indicator; “those round here” refers to the perimeter of the puzzle, which spells out, reading clockwise from bottom right-hand corner “UKIP LEADERS // SPINAL TAP DRUMMER“; UKIP leaders don’t seem to stay in office for long, while the spoof heavy metal band Spinal Tap has had a series of fictional drummers who have died in strange circumstances

D (=duke) in SANER (=not so stupid)

[CT (=court, in addresses) + A + (=one) + T (=time)] in DIOR (=Christian, i.e. French fashion designer)

L (=lake) in RIPPING (=splendid)

MI (I’M=the setter’s; “revolutionary” indicates reversal) + LIE (=it‘s deliberately misleading) + U (=turn, as in U-bend)

E (=English) + <bol>TON (“half of” means 3 out of 6 letters only are used)

C (=caught, on cricket scorecard) in LANE (=road); to lance e.g. a boil is to prick it to release pus

M (=married) + I + L<i>K<e> (“occasionally” means alternate letters only)

LEG-I<r>ON (=shackle); “no right (=R)” means letter “r” is dropped

<percussionis>T (“finally” means last letter only) + *(NEARS); “disaster” is anagram indicator

Hidden (“shows”) in “couPLE Booing”

SAR<k> (=Channel Island; “most of” means last letter dropped) in *(DAIRY); “product” is anagram indicator

RE (=touching, regarding) + A + RED (=traditionally coloured, i.e. for a rose)

ESC (=key, on a computer keyboard) in RUER (=one regretting); cryptically, a “deliveryman” might deliver one from danger or evil, so is a rescuer!

*(D<oor> + NEED); “to begin with” means first letter only; “to get dressed” is anagram indicator

RE (=about, regarding) + A LIST (=top celebs)

ALLI (=England footballer, i.e. Spurs player Dele Alli) + TROT (=left-winger, i.e. Trotskyite); “picked up” indicates vertical reversal

*(MEAL + P (=penny, i.e. in currency) + HAD); “cooked” is anagram indicator

DEP. (=deputy) + END (=target, aim)

COMP. (=school, as in He went to the local comp) + EL (=the Spanish, i.e. a Spanish word for the)

ILL (=dicky, sick) + ECO (=green, as in pro-environment); an ocellus is a single eye, eye-spot, an eyelike spot of colour