Independent 12,157 // Amoeba

PR (=spin, (unethical) public relations) + *(USES) + P (=power, in physics); "(to) doctor" is anagram indicator

STAB (=(to) knife) + MOW (=(to) cut e.g. a lawn); "revolutionary" indicates reversal; wombats are native Australian marsupials

[L (=line) in PAT (=glib)] + O (=old, as in OT); the reference is to the 5th century BC Athenian philosopher

<m>OST (=nearly all; "millions (=M) avoiding" means letter "m" is dropped) + RACISM (=bigotry)

*(MAYBE ORDER); "new" is anagram indicator; the "digital" of the definition refers not to modern technology, but to the fingers

N (=noon) + EE (=phone company, in the UK); "née" is used in married women's names to indicate their maiden names, hence "once called"

FRENCH (=Parisian) + LETTER (=landlord, a letter of property); as a condom, a French letter could be described as affording "protection for the amorous"

B (=British) + [PUDD (D (=Dutch) + DUP (=politicians, i.e. Democratic Unionist Party]; "going back" indicates reversal) in LACKING (=without a)]

US (=American) + E (=English)

PELLUCI (I + CULL (=choose the best) + EP (=record, i.e. an extended-play record); "to spin" indicates reversal) + D (=date) + L<ad>Y ("disheartened" means all middle letters are dropped)

Hidden ("to an extent) in "stuDENT IS TRYing"; cryptically, dentistry could be described as a "mouthy art"

<th>E <railwayme>N ("finally" means last letters only are used) + SU<r>E (=safe; "losing run (=R)" means letter "r" is dropped)

[ATTLE<e> (=Prime Minister, i.e. Clement Attlee; "briefly" means last letter is dropped)] in RD (DR=doctor; "retired" indicates reversal)

*(TONY + <b>LAI<r>); "taking (away) sides" means first and last letters are dropped from anagram, indicated by "in conflict"

PEP (=Man City's manager, i.e. Pep Guardiola) + PER (=for a, each); to pepper a dish is to season it with pepper

ERAS (=Taylor Swift tour) + ED (=journalist, i.e. editor)

*(RENT BOYS OK); "to work" is anagram indicator

P (=pressure, in physics) + HOT (=fiery) + O (=love, i.e. zero score); a still is an ordinary photo

*(DRAW THESE); "around" is anagram indicator; 9pm is the watershed, i.e. the time beyond which programmes broadcast on UK TV may be unsuitable for family viewing

ME (=your setter, i.e. Amoeba) + <b>A<w>D<y> ("regularly" means alternate letters only are used)

*(AN ELITE + A<thlete> ("beginning" means first letter only)); "to run" is anagram indicator

SYMME (EMMYS (=awards, for the TV industry; "on reflection" indicates reversal) + TRY (=critically examine, of a criminal by a court)

PER (REP=agent; "turns" indicates reversal) + {ET (=film) in [NICK (=prison) + Y (=yard)]}

*(ATE SUNDAE); "foolishly" is anagram indicator

ABS (=navy men, i.e. able-bodied seamen) + <m>URDER(=killing; "initially covered by navy men" means letter "m" is replaced by ABS at start)

Z (=unknown, in algebra) in [TUN (=barrel) + LEAH (=Jacob's wife, in OT)]

EDIS (SIDE=team; "upset" indicates vertical reversal) + ON (=working, in operation); the reference is to US inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

Hidden ("some") in "wooZY DECOnstructed"; zydeco is a type of accordion-based popular dance music originating in Louisiana

[<m>Y <grandm>A ("at the very end" means last letters only are used)] in LOL (=that's funny, i.e. laugh out loud, in textspeak); a true friend is a loyal one

<b>RILL (=fish; "headless" means first letter is dropped)