Independent 9,869 by Morph

Some very good clues here. I wasn’t sitting in my usual place in peace and quiet when trying to solve this, and made poor progress with it.  Only when I came home did it fall, and even then I had to ‘cheat’ once or twice. So it’s difficult, or perhaps it’s just me.

Definitions underlined, in maroon.  Anagram indicators in italics.

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