Independent 12,061 / Twin

CAT (=Siamese possibly) + À LA (=taking after, in the style of) + N (=northern)

F (=following) + EARFUL (=reprimand, rebuke)

UP + P (=power, in physics) + ER (=former leader, i.e. Elizabeth Regina)

RINGS (=calls, phones) + NAKE<d> (=having lost at strip poker, i.e. nude; “briefly” means last letter dropped)

(ÎLE=Réunion, i.e. French island département in the Indian Ocean) in FAD (=vogue, fashion)

Hidden (“shown by”) in “islaMISM AT CHapel”

*(USE COASTS); “to swim” is anagram indicator; the Sea Scouts are the marine branch of the Scout Movement

LAN<e> (=route, path; “curtailed” means last letter is dropped); in IT, a LAN is a Local Area Network

O<f> H<ardness> M<isrepresented>; “at first” means first letters only are used

DOLE (=grant, i.e. to the unemployed) in [INN (=pub) + CE (=these days, i.e. Common Era)]

STEED (=charger, i.e. horse for riding); “accepting African currency (=rand, in South Africa) for European (=E)” means the first letter “e” is replaced by “rand”

M (=spy, in James Bond films) in *(<soldie>R + <sur>E + APT); “ultimately” means last letters only are used in anagram, indicated by “tailor”

[O (=love, i.e. zero score in tennis) in HI (=welcome)] + [<a>POLLO (=god, in Greek mythology; “not the first” means first letter is dropped) + I (=one)]

SOT (=lush, drunkard) + LA (=Hollywood area, i.e. Los Angeles); “recalled” indicates reversal

FORE<p>LAY (=what comes before it, i.e. sex; “pressure (=P, in physics) avoided” means letter “p” is dropped); to forelay is to lie in wait for, to ambush

As a coniferous tree, a pine has needles, hence “needled” could be “like pine”, cryptically; to needle is to irk, irritate, hence “bug”

CHUFF<ed> (=very happy, delighted; “editor (=ED) leaving” means letters “ed” are dropped); a chuff is the sound of a steam locomotive, hence “sound on (railway) tracks”

*(DEPOSIT); “absurd” is anagram indicator; topside is a lean cut of beef

As capital letters are used, SSE could be described as “large sse”!

N or M? (=Agatha Christie detective novel, published in 1941)

*(OFF TIN CAN I); “suspect” is anagram indicator; fan fiction involves an imitation of e.g. a favourite novel by a writer, hence “amateur works”

ASS (=muppet, dolt) + UME (EMU=aggressive puppet, i.e. Rod Hull and Emu; “raised” indicates vertical reversal)

F<orme>R (“walls of” means first and last letters only) + ACT<u>AL (=real; “university (=U) cut” means letter “u” is dropped); a fractal is an apparently irregular or chaotic geometric entity, much used in computer graphics

LE (=article for elle, i.e. a French word for the) + [CHIN (=hit, strike on the chin) in E.G. (=say, for example)]; leeching was a treatment prescribed by the doctors of yesteryear, hence “old bones”

JOHN (=can, lav, loo) + WE + SLE<ep>Y (=sluggish; “remove record (=EP) from” means letters “ep” are dropped); the reference is to the English theologian John Wesley (1703-91), leader of the Methodist movement

SCH (=school) in *(USE OF); “unorthodox” is anagram indicator

DEL (LED=light, i.e. Light-Emitting Diode; “turned” indicates reversal) + AWARE (=up, as in to be well up on)

MUR (RUM; “with a twist” indicates reversal) + [E<lderflower> (“hint of” means first letter only) in KIR (=cocktail, of white wine and blackcurrant liqueur)]

CAP (=cork, on bottle) + ITAL<y> (=nation; “mostly” means last letter dropped); Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland

Cryptically, un-cool could mean “warm”; something that is uncool is not fashionable, hence “out (of fashion)”

RA<i>SED (=constructed, erected; “without independence (=I)” means letter “I” is dropped); to rase to the ground is to demolish, destroy

G (=good) in SIN (=bad, evil, as nouns)