Independent 11,744 / Phi

CHAN<G to N>E (=alteration; “good (=G) to be replaced with new (=N)” means “g” is replaced with “n”) + L (=line); a TV station is a channel

F1 (=motor racing, i.e. Formula One) + RING (=cartel, as in drugs ring); to fire is to incite, spur on, encourage

*(SIXTEEN) + CE (=Church, i.e. Church of England); “converts” is anagram indicator

GRATE (=fireplace); “pushing energy (=E) forward” means letter “e” means to an earlier position in the world

[DNI (IN=popular + D (=democrat); “returned” indicates reversal)] in MIGHT (=strength)

ES (=French are, i.e. the French word for are, from tu es) in LION (=hero, brave individual)

M<anuscript> (“opening” means first letter only) + YE (=historic article, i.e. the) + YE (=historic article, i.e. the)

*(FOR US + GALA); “dancing” is anagram indicator

BOW (=orchestral item, i.e. to play a violin) + *(SETTER); “misplaced” is anagram indicator; in London, Covent Garden tube station is the closest to Bow Street

N (=note) + *(VERY); “agitated” is anagram indicator

DO GAPE (=please stare; cf. Do help yourself = Please help yourself); a dog-ape is a baboon, from the shape of its head

FA<i>L (=to have no success; “eliminating one (=I)” means letter “i” is dropped) + SET-TO (=dispute)

LAR<d> (=fat; “trimmed” means last letter is dropped) in CO (=firm, i.e. company); a claro is a light-coloured mild cigar

*(ANGEL LIES); “being at fault” is anagram indicator

G (=grand, i.e. $1000) + [L<ords> (“leader of” means first letter only) in LADY (=woman)]

WE (=our people) + STERN (=back, of a vessel)

E (=energy) in CRAM (=stuff, fill to bursting)

ARIA (=operatic song) + DNE (END=finale; “upset” indicates vertical reversal); the reference is to the 1912 opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss

*(MUTTER + INN); “being made ill” is anagram indicator

L and H (=limits to Liebraumilch, i.e. first and last letters) + OLDER (=of greater vintage)

FLEE<t> (=ships); “nearly all” means last letter is dropped

<b>ROGUE (=shoe); “upper missing from” means first letter is dropped; a rogue a variation from type, hence “uncommon type”, as in rogue state, rogue cell

N (=name) + [EDIN (=Scottish city, i.e. Edinburgh; “in brief” indicates abbreviation) in E.G. (=for one, for example)]

RA (=artist, i.e. Royal Academician) in STINGY (=near, i.e. mean, ungenerous)

MARTIAL (=Roman poet) + <f>LAW (=defect; “ignoring primary” means first letter is dropped)

[BY + DI (=detective, i.e. Detective Inspector] in MOCK (=ridicule, make fun of); the reference is to the 1851 novel by Herman Melville, in which Captain Ahab is obsessed with the whale Moby Dick

*(NO STRESS + <vocalisin>G); “ultimately” means last letter only is used in anagram, indicated by “could”; semi- & lit.

WAG (=comic, humorous person) + homophone (“on the radio”) of “tale (=story)”

KILT (=Scottish garment) in EAR (=attention, as in to lend an ear to); “being flipped up” indicates reversal

PRO (=favouring) + U (=university) + D<eclaration> (“initially” means first letter only); a proud nail-head projects or stands out from a plane surface

*(RAG) in ON (=working, e.g. of machine); “new edition of” is anagram indicator

B (=book) in BAY (=recess, in land form; e.g. a baby carrot is a small one