Independent 11,471 / Filbert

TOMB (=memorial) + ROW (=rank, e.g. for taxis) + N (=name); the reference is to the 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes Tom Brown’s School Days

H<ouse> (“head of” means first letter only) in *(TOWNY); “in trouble” is anagram indicator

I (=one) in REST (=others); a resit is a second attempt at passing an exam

LOO (=facilities, as in I need to visit the facilities) + [<schoo>L (“finally” means last letter only) in MARGE (=spread, i.e. margarine)]

EXHIBITION (=scholarship, bursary, for students at university) + IS + <spor>T (“last in” means last letter only)

ASS (=dunce) + ASS (=dunce) + IN (=BY, in Chambers) + <g>ATE<s> (“out of bounds” means first and last letters are dropped); to hit is to murder, hence “assassinate”

Homophone (“coming from lecturer”) of “high (=up)”

<t>EST (=exam); “beginner misses” means first letter is dropped; “est” is “is” in Latin, part of the verb esse=to be

Cryptically, an answer that is “right enough” might be “worth a mark”, if not worth full marks!

*(IS FOR PREP + S<c>H<o>O<l>S); “in odd places” means odd letters only are used in anagram, indicated by “supply”, i.e. flexibly

Hidden (“some”) in “translaTE PI<n>DAR IAmbs”, “scratching note (=N)” means letter “n” is dropped; a tepidarium is a warm room between the cold and hot rooms of a Roman bath

TEA (=break from cricket, in the afternoon) in AM (=in the morning)

HAS (=keep) + BRO (ORB=ball, sphere; “rolling” indicates reversal); Hasbro is a major American games manufacturer

U (=uniform, in radio telecommunications) in [CHEST (=trunk, for storage) + NT (=books, i.e. New Testament)]

Quadruple definition: a term is a “teaching unit”, part of the school year AND a “word” for something AND a “clause” in e.g. a contract, cf. terms and conditions AND a prison “sentence”, a term of imprisonment

S (=son) in MATER’S (=mother’s)

Hidden (“in”) in “secRET CHildren”

LLB (=law degree, i.e. bachelor of laws) in WEEING (=going (for a wee), urinating)

HA<rr to LL>OW (=public school; “changing hands” means 2 x R=right becomes 2 x L=left) + <s>EEN (“leaderless” means first letter is dropped)

NE<a>R (=approach, come close; “needing a” means letter “a” is dropped) + DISH (=course, of food)

WENT (=passed) in *(TEST + H (=Henry) + I); “smashed” is anagram indicator

COL (=pass, in geography) + <smalles>T (“back for” means last letter only); in sports and games, a colt is a young, inexperienced player

[ALE (=drink) + SPIT (=something to prevent dry mouth)] in SCH (=school)

*(ENSUED + R R R (=three Rs)); “trouble” is anagram indicator

AT HA<l>F-TERM; “learner (=L) leaves” means letter “l” is dropped; here “cycling” means first, second and third letters move in turn to the end of the word

E (=English) in *(PROUST); “translated” is anagram indicator; “dons” is to be read as a verb meaning “wears, puts on”

MP (=member, of parliament) in [U (=posh) + TEEN (=youth)]

SIR (=teacher) + I (=ego, I in Latin); Siri is a virtual assistant on smartphones, etc

Someone tossing a coin offers the choice of “heads or tails?”; heads are toilets on board a ship, in nautical slang

M (=male) in TIE (=evidence of where he went to school, as in old school tie); “up” indicates vertical reversal