Azed No. 2,598 Plain

[endlessly] DAND(y) imbibing RUM (“spirit”) then BASS (a brand of “beer”)

I (one) with ROON (“bit of cloth”) with N (new) in

The “plaid?” in the clue refers to ROON being a Scots word.

A(nimal) [‘s head] consumed in HALL (“college dinner”)

POD (“protective housing”) containing CHAR (“fish”)

<=(A (afternoon) + KIP (“snooze”), over)

A pika is a mountain hare.

BUG (“insect”) + A (one) devouring BIN (“case”)

[opening of] R(ind) in ACAI (“purple fruit”)

Acai is also known as “palm berry”.

LINGO (“language”) replacing E (English) in K(e)N (“range of knowledge”)

TREW (old spelling of true, so “once typical”) + MEN (“chaps”) found in St. (street)

EP (extreme pressure, as in EP additives) on *(tie clip) [anag:awkward]

EP is not in my edition of Chambers, so it may be [extreme] P(ressur)E but there is no indication of reversal.

SOLID (“strong”) when taking in PE (physical “exercise”)

REIN (“slow down”) after G (gallon)

Grein is a Scottish word for “yearn”.

*(rule put) [anag:out]

Pulture was the right of a forester to have food, a horse and a dog.

<=DERB(y) (“race”, almost over)

MALE (“man”) holding WAR (“conflict”)

*(it is) [anag:roughly) about (summe)R [‘s end] and &lit.

Tisri is a month in the Jewish calendar that occurs in September/October.

*(inept) [anag:manoeuvring] round [rear of] (traffi)C

*(resist) [anag:being misled] about RE (“touching” the subject of) + etc. (“and so on”)

KIP (“bed”) + PAGE (“sheet”)

Kippage is a Scots word for a temper.

*(orchid) [anag:growing wild]

Droich is a Scottish word for “dwarf”.

ROCKY (“difficult”) including A BILL (“list of performers”)

A BIT (“somewhat”) beset by MOE (“once more”, i.e. an old word for more)

D (date) showing in NOULE (“ancient dome”)

Noule is an old word for the top of the head (dome).

D.H. (das heisst, German for “that is”. so “in Berlin that is”) given OBI (“foreign sash” i.e. in Japan))

[one third of] BABI(es) (“young”) [ignored]

A Babi was a member of an eclectic Persian sect.

I (one) + GO (“a bargain”) invested in SAN. (sanatorium or “health resort”)

A (area) shifted in S(a)LO(A)N (“reception room”)

Sloan is a Scots word for “reproof”.

*(er age ninet) [anag:active] where NINET is [almost] NINET(y)

WIG (“to scold”) + *(eglr) [anag:shuffling] where R is right and L is left

[mostly] TENDE(r) + NZ (New Zealand, “where Wellington is”)

OUK (“his (i.e a Scotsman’s) week”) in PIT (“prison”)

Poukit is a Scots word for “pinched” or “stolen”.

PERT (“forward”) with <=IM [coming up] [on the inside]

IS (“lives”) under PIER (“prom”)

Pieris is the cabbage-butterfly genus.

SPA (“well”) before T (time) + [end in] (hand-shake)S

i.e. (id est, so “that is”) found at the bottom of PUM(p) (“plimsoll” not P (piano, so “soft” in music notation))

TAR (“sailor”) + E (east)