I found this a little easier than some Italicus puzzles I've done.
There were lots of nice clues and special kudos for getting kerfuffles (an awkward word with a lot of Fs) into the grid. I liked 14D as well for being a clue I had to think hard about.

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| 1 | CUBIST |
Foxy young thing is model for painter (6)
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Cub(=young fox) + is + T(=Model T) |
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| 4 | PRESAGED |
Foreshadowed detailed papers with article, say, about Germany (8)
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Pres[s](={news}papers "detailed" i.e. tail removed) + a(=indefinite article) + e.g.< + D(=Deutschland) |
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| 9 | AVOWAL |
A sound, spoken declaration (6)
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Hom of "a vowel" |
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| 10 | STALWART |
Steadfast initiate defends barbaric law (8)
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Start(=initiate) around law* |
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| 12 | AUDACITY |
Air-conditioning in car starts to tickle your cheek (8)
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(A{ir} C{onditioning} in Audi(=car)) + t[ickle] y[our] |
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| 13 | ADHERE |
Stick poster in this spot (6)
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Ad(=poster i.e. advertisement) + here(=in this spot) |
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| 15 | IMAM |
Italicus’s hounded by morning prayer leader (4)
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I'm(=Italicus') + AM(=morning) |
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| 16 | KERFUFFLES |
Fellow wearing sleek ruff incited ructions (10)
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F{ellow} in (sleek ruff)* |
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| 19 | NITPICKERS |
They find flaws in Spooner’s hollow drawers (10)
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Spoonerism of pit(=hollow) knickers(=drawers) |
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| 20 | USER |
Run after American drug addict (4)
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R{un} after (US(=American) + e{cstasy}) |
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| 23 | EXHUME |
Dig up former philosopher (6)
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Ex(=former) + Hume(=philosopher John Hume) |
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| 25 | ENFORCED |
Obligatory conclusion about enemy sheltering Catholic (8)
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End around (Foe(=enemy) around R{oman} C{atholic}) |
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| 27 | LAMENTED |
Regretted placing trust in feeble journalist (8)
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NT(=National Trust) in (lame(=feeble) + ed{itor}(=journalist)) |
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| 28 | SEQUEL |
Follow-up question stops evasive character pursuing point (6)
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(Qu{estion} in eel(=evasive character)) after S{outh}(=point) |
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| 29 | DERISORY |
Absurdly small Irish county hosts Italy’s foremost soprano on vacation (8)
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Derry(=Irish county) around (I[taly] s[opran]o) |
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| 30 | ATTEND |
Serve dinner to team coming round regularly (6)
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Reversed alternate letters of dinner to team" |
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| 1 | CHAPATI |
In such a patisserie you’ll find bread (7)
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Hidden in "such a patisserie" |
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| 2 | BROADCAST |
Bad actors ruined show (9)
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(Bad actors)* |
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| 3 | SNATCH |
Seize heroin containers heading north across Thailand (6)
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(H{eroin} + cans)< around T{hailand} |
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| 5 | RITE |
Author laid bare religious practice (4)
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[W]rite[r] |
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| 6 | SOLIDIFY |
Set of grotesque idols guarding island extremely ferociously (8)
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(Idols* around i{sland}) + f[erociousl]y |
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| 7 | GRAZE |
Kiss skin (5)
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DD. Both parts of the def are verbs and the second is used in the sense of "skin a knee". |
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| 8 | DITHERS |
Detective on the periphery of riots hesitates (7)
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DI(=Detective Inspector) + the + r[iot]s |
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| 11 | STREAKS |
Cuts around arm exposed veins (7)
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Steaks(=cuts of meat) around [a]r[m]. The def is in the sense of veins of ore in a mine, for example. |
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| 14 | I FOR ONE |
Prime example of Roman numeral, personally speaking? (1,3,3)
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CD/DD. I representing one would be the prime(first) example of a Roman numeral. The other def is in the sense of "I for one believe this". |
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| 17 | LOST CAUSE |
Outclass refined European? One hasn’t a hope! (4,5)
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Outclass* + E{uropean} |
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| 18 | DIAMONDS |
Shiny suit? (8)
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CD |
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| 19 | NEEDLED |
Required to keep line baited (7)
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Needed around l{ine} |
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| 21 | RIDDLED |
Perforated kitchen utensil without lid finally exploded (7)
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[G]riddle + [explode]d |
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| 22 | FOREST |
Stronghold breached by English close to enormous plantation (6)
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Fort(=stronghold) around (E{nglish} [enormou]s) |
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| 24 | HOMER |
He wrote epics set in obscure Mohican uprising (5)
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Hidden, rev in "obscure Mohican" |
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| 26 | JEER |
Heckle old-time entertainer heartlessly (4)
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Je(=old-time) + e[ntertain]r. I'm not sure of the sense in which je is old-time. The only thing I can find is that Je has been used as an abbrev for June. |
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Thanks Italicus and NealH
In 26 the wordplay is ‘old time entertainer’ ie a JESTER, from which the central two letters are removed.
The puzzle is also a pangram.
Not too tricky, altho I liked GLAZE, but GRAZE makes sense of both defs… I had JE(ST)ER also… enjoyed the anagrams.. didn’t spot the panagram…
Thanks Italicus n NealH