Independent 10,331 / Phi

ACE (=expert) in PR (=publicity material, i.e. press release); a pacer is a pacemaker in a race

A (=one) in *(TRAMPING); “around” is anagram indicator

W (=women) in [OVER (=done, finished) + VIES (=struggles, fights)]

I in DONG (=character in nonsense verse, i.e. the Dong with a Luminous Nose, created by Edward Lear)

A + CT (=court, in addresses) + OR (=gold, in heraldry)

MM (=Frenchmen, i.e. Messieurs) in {CO (=company) + [S<ocialism> (“hint of” means first letter only) + UNIT (=department)]}

[A + DE (ED.=edition; “revolutionary” indicates reversal)] in ACME (=the best, i.e. pinnacle of)

AMOS (=prophet, in Old Testament) in SA (=it, i.e. sex appeal)

B (=British) in ALERT (=warning); the reference is to Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria

H<ere> (“first” means first letter only) + ERRING (=wayward, straying)

[N (=new) + *(TUNA)] in URAL (=river, i.e. entry at 3); “variety of” is anagram indicator

DR (=medic, i.e. doctor) + AMA (=their American associates, i.e. American Medical Association)

Hidden (“some”) and reversed (“held over”) in “regulAR BILls”

NO (=never, as an emphatic answer) + *(WEARING); “out” is anagram indicator

WAS + TEA (=drink) + WAY (=custom, habit)

MIN. (=minister) + CE (=Church, i.e. Church of England)

*(A PARROT); “flutters” is anagram indicator

*(TELLS FRANCE); “to become revolutionary” is anagram indicator

LIVER (=meat); “seeing a change of hands” means L (=left-hand) is replaced by R (=right-hand)

[C (=chapter) + I (=one)] in PRESENT (=here)

MASS (=service, in church) + A (=one); “knocked over” indicates reversal

[D (=day) in IS] in MUMMER (=Christmas performer, i.e. actor in a folk-play at Christmas); in the Antipodes December 25 falls in the middle of the summer

G, H, I (=three characters in a row, i.e. consecutive letters from the alphabet); ghi (or ghee) is clarified butter

<k>NIGHTS (=men on board, in chess); “dismissing leader” means first letter is dropped

STIG (GITS=wretched people; “to turn up” indicates vertical reversal) in [I (=current, in physics) + NATION (=people)]

EVEN (=still) + TUAT (TAUT=tight; “rolling” indicates reversal) + <inebriat>E (“ultimately” means last letter only)

*(CHORAL) in SLY (=secret, stealthy); “works” is anagram indicator

GR (=former monarch, i.e. George Rex) + ANNIE (=orphan, in US comic strip, film and musical)

CUR (=scoundrel) + LEW<d> (=lascivious; “mostly” means last letter is dropped); the “flapper” of the definition is a bird

REN<fr>EW (=Scottish town); “abandoning father (=FR, in religion)” means letters “fr” are dropped

RE (=about, i.e. regarding) in DAM (=mother)

BUS<t> (=broken-down); “almost” means last letter is dropped