Independent 10,484 / Tees

*(DONE) in TOURS (=French place, i.e. city in western France); “badly” is anagram indicator

Double definition: a stall is a place for a single animal to be housed AND to stall is to hedge, be evasive

CELL (=little chamber, in prison or in beehive) + O<rchestra>; “first” means first letter only

ROTTER (=bounder, cad) + DAM (MAD=crazy; “about” indicates reversal)

*(OWL) in LARD (=fat); “wobbling” is anagram indicator

RE- (=about, regarding) + B (=British) + <m>ECCA (=holy city; “deposing leader” means first letter is dropped); the reference is to the 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

RABBI<t> (=animal; “finally going” means last letter is dropped)

Hidden (“in”) “particulAR Campaign”; an arc is a line in geometry

C (=cold, e.g. on tap) in ARID (=parched)

PORT (=left, on board a ship) + ICO<n> (=religious painting; “unfinished” means last letter is dropped)

A buckler is a small shield used in parrying; cryptically, a “buckler”, e.g. something metallic that buckles when struck, could be described as being “unable to withstand blow”

EXEC (=businessman; “who’s contracted” indicates an abbreviation, i.e. of executive) + RATES (=charges, levies)

V (=very) in ANIL (=dye, i.e. indigo); the anvil is a small bone in the inner ear

O (=ring, i.e. pictorially) in CURT (=short, abrupt); the “suit” of the definition is a court case, legal action

LIGHT (=match, as in Do you have a light?) in [EN (=in French, i.e. the French word for in) + EN (=in French, i.e. the French word for in)]

S (=pole, i.e. South Pole) + TICKLER (=feather duster, as in Ken Dodd’s tickling-stick!)

[L (=lake) in CURE (=French priest, i.e. curé is the French word for priest)] + W<atching> (“initially” means first letter only)

NOD (=nap, sleep) in [AN + O (=old) + MINI (=car)]; informally, anno Domini is advancing old age

ADO (=trouble) + RED (=socialist)

[SOT (=drinker) + <ris>E (“last to” means last letter only)] in ERIC (=Morecambe, i.e. the English comedian)

IS (SÌ=Italian agreement, i.e. the Italian word for yes; “reversed” indicates reversal) + LE (=the French, i.e. a French word for the); Ireland is an island, referred to as the Emerald Isle

Homophone (“reported”) of “pimp (=pander, procure gratification for another)” + CA (=about) + R (=run, on cricket scorecard)

LUM (=Scottish smoker; i.e. a Scottish word for chimney) in ANA (=anecdotes, a collection thereof); an alumna is a female former pupil, hence “an old-school sort”

BLANC (=(white) wine) + MAN (=chap) + GE (E.G.= for example; “brought up” indicates vertical reversal)

BAR (=pub) + BE + CUE (=prompt, as noun); a barbecue is an outdoor function, hence a “do outside”

*(PLATES SO); “arranged” is anagram indicator

K (=king, in chess and cards) in DARLING (=beloved); “darkling” means dark, in the dark

R (=Romeo, in radio telecommunications) in PIECE (=drama, play)

B<and> (“to start with” means first letter only) + A (=American) + SALT (=season, as verb)

IT (=Italian) in LEVY (=charge, fee)

OT (=books, i.e. Old Testament) in R.E. (=scripture studies, i.e. Religious Education)