Independent 12,152 / Coot

Hidden (“only partially”) in “hunGER MANagement” + S (=succeeded); people from Hamburg are sometimes referred to as Hamburgers

OWE (=must pay) in TLS (=(a) a weekly, i.e. The Times Literary Supplement)

*(<m>ANUEL); “saving male (=M)” means letter “m” is dropped from anagram, indicated by “taking a beating”

DR (=doctor, since one already has a doctorate) + <h>A<w>K <s>E<x> (“periodically” means alternative letters only are used)

MOP<e> (=(to) idle; “mostly” means last letter is dropped; “is flipping” indicates reversal)

T (=tense, in grammar) in MEES (SEEM=appear; “withdrawn” indicates reversal)

[Y (=unknown) + CALL (=demand, require)] in DUTS (STUD (=boss, knob); “over” indicates reversal)

*(WHEAT SO<a>P); “less accepted (=a)” means letter “a” is dropped from anagram, indicated by “abroad”; a two-phase electrical device is one employing two phases whose voltages are displaced from another by ninety electrical degrees

*(E (=English) + CLASS); there are major and minor scales in music

WINTERY (=cold, perhaps); a (=one) covers up at home (=in) means letter “a” replaces “in”

PUD (DUP=Democratic Unionist Party; “retiring” indicates reversal) + DINGS (=sounds, rings)

Homophone (“according to”) of “lore’s (=learning’s) + cool (=trendy)”

BOO (=express disgust) + TH<e> (most of” means last letter is dropped)

O<pe>NE<r> (“short of exercise (=PE) and runs (=R, in cricket)

V (=against, i.e. versus) + A<rsena>L V<ulnerabl>E (“on the wing” means first and last letters only)

SA<y> (“cut” means last letter is dropped) + BRE<ads> (50% of means 3 of 6 letters only are used)

FED (=agent, i.e. from the FBI) + ORA (=(British) singer Rita)

L (=students, i.e. learner) in SITS UP (=adjusts position to pay attention); banks of sediments can silt up a river, say

*(<s>TURGEO<n>) + M<asala>); “drop of” means first letter only is used in

*(DINERS) + OUT (=blooming, in flower); “angry” is anagram indicator

A (=acting, as in acting director) + [R<enewable> E<nergy> A<nd> S<cience>]

SIDE (=camp, as in on my side, in my camp) + DI’s (=policeman’s) + H (=husband)

[*(LICE) + A] in [O (=old) + CID (=detective’s outfit, i.e. organisation)]

EX- (=old, former) + PE<e>L (=strip, undress; “clearing bottom (=last letter) of wardrobe”

[O (=doughnut, pictorially) + S (=special) + A (=American)] in SAM’s (=American uncle’s)

PARTY (=celebration); “crease volume at start of” means that P (=piano, at front of word) becomes F (=fortè)”

HARD (=thick) + COVER (=skin)

<s>LO<w> (“essentially” means middle letters only) + [+ *(BOUND) in [N (=north) + S (=south)]; “to travel” is the anagram indicator; “north” and “south” provide our opposite directions

Buill (homophone of Will, also an abbreviated form of William) + DER S (S=southern + RED; “revolting” indicates vertical reversal); builders tea tends to be black and strong, often sugared, popular in construction work

WAL (LAW (=act, piece of legislation; “up” indicates reversal) + D or F (“either side of duff”, i.e. first or last letter); the Waldorf (Hilton) is a famous London hotel

SCH (=school) + <a>LEPP<o> (=Syrian city; “shelled” means front and back have gone)

F (=strong, i.e. fortè) + OWLS (=birds)

I (=international) in WELD (=bond, fuse together); to exercise e.g. power or influence is to wield

<harri>S (“finally” means last letter is used) in BAIL (=security, in exchange for release from custody); basic is an aromatic plant, hence “leaves”