Independent 11,711 by Filbert

ROMA (traveller) after A (last letter or ‘back’ of India)

D E (first letters or ‘starts’ of Do Elegant) PEN (female swan) DENT (impression)

PIE (pastry) + an anagram (‘demolished’) of LEE MACk missing the last letter or ‘shortly’

TILE (flat ceramic) round or ‘including’ D (date)

OW (‘that hurts’) after an anagram (‘jarring’) of CLASH – we had to check the spelling of this!

STEPPE (plain – 16ac) + D

PLAn (design) missing the last letter or ‘unfinished’ + IN (home)

When the job’s done, a typical phrase is: ‘BOB’ s your (27d) uncle (29ac)’ – the definition is a reference to Bob the Builder, the children’s animated cartoon character

IN (‘pally’ – friendly with) O (old) in or ‘banked by’ MR

INSect (‘e.g. fly’) missing the last three letters or ‘cut in half’ + WING (what keeps a fly in the air)

BUDD (Zola Budd – South African athlete renowned for running barefoot) YUP (‘yes’ – agreed)

LuNCH (meal) with the ‘u’ (one ‘side’ of ‘you’) replaced by Y (the other side of ‘you’)

A plain (16ac) bob (17ac) minor (19ac) is a term in BELL-ringing (rung on six bells) – so a disastrous attempt at this might fancifully be described as a BELL-Y FLOP

When someone is aged SEVENTEEN, they are ‘still just’ a minor (19ac) – the age of majority being 18

N (name) in an anagram (‘cryptic’) of CLUE

PA’S (old man’s) after or ‘holding up’ (in a down clue) a reversal (‘the wrong way round’) of MAP – PAMPAS being a South American plain (16ac)

HOPE (Bob -17ac – Hope – ‘a famous Hope’) FLOAT (bob – 17ac) S (shilling – ‘bob’ – 17ac) – we had to check the film as we have not come across it before

PA (personal assistant – ‘secretary’) LEft (missing ‘the FT’)

APPLiES (is relevant) missing or ‘bar’ the ‘i’ (one) – a reference to apple-bobbing (17ac)

An anagram (‘new’) of DUSTMEN ARE

Filbert is asking us to swap the last pair of letters in PALE (3d) to make PAEL, then swap the middle pair to make PEAL – as in bell-ringing changes

AT (in response to) TENDER (offer)

An anagram (‘crazy’) of WE’D BE round or ‘keeping’ EP (record) – a new phrase for us – we were convinced it should be ‘dark web’, but Chambers has it as an alternative description of the part of the web not indexed by search engines

If you were to take a ‘hand’ or bunch of bananas to lost property you would HAND IN a HAND

A PENNY BLACK was one of the first postage stamps issued in the UK – it comprised a portrait of Queen Victoria – at a cost of one old penny each, you would get 12 for a shilling or ‘bob’ (17ac)

PlAIN (16ac) missing or ‘taking away’ the ‘l’ (50 in Roman numerals) + LESS (minor – 19ac)

BABY (honey – a term of endearment – mainly in America) L (left) ON (over)

GO (try) B (British) L (league) ET (‘and’ in French)

POP (quickly deflate) PET (favourite)

Hidden in LexingtoN AVEnue

YR (year) round or ‘banking’ bOnUs (alternate or ‘regular’ letters) – we really wondered about ‘a typical’ as the definition, but Chambers has def 2 of ‘your’ as: ‘Used to denote a person or thing of a particular well-known class of type, the typical or ordinary (usu implying some contempt; informal)’ – as in ‘that’s your politician for you’?