Financial Times 18,267 by MONK

X (times); THE (article) + BO (Derek, for one) introduces

N (new) + (O[ats] (source of) eaten by ARCTIC (freezing)

‘Horse’ is a word for heroin, a narcotic. The question mark implies we should think laterally for the definition.

CARES (anxieties) involving ROVIN[g]< (roaming, mostly, <around)

(A SET)* (*bungled)

OUTRE (unconventional) + [b]ACH (composer, without B/non-British)

THEY* (*developed) breaking T[exa]S (banks in)

Tethys is one of Saturn’s moons

[ru]IN CUR[able] (to some extent)

NO (refusal) + (SUITOR* (*injured) holding O (ring))

SH (quiet) + RUBBERY (flexible)

PR (pair) + NEE< (once called, <round)

MOD< (ministry, <overthrown) after RAN (what political candidate did)

MOD = Ministry of Defence

STUD (boss) + (IS eating OU[t] (mainly))

[vie]W (finally) + EST (established)

IN + (D (delta) flanked by [unl]U[cky] (essentially) + NATION (people))

HOOP< (band, <revolutionary) repeatedly

[pres]S IN NET[herlands]< (covered by, <backtracking)

CONTEST* (*extravagant) consuming CI[ty]< (50% of, <backing)

TAR< (seaman, <turned up) in ERIC (Morecambe?)

(BARD (poet) + EVIL (angry) + O (over))< (<being sent up)

I don’t see another way to parse this, but ‘angry’ and ‘evil’ aren’t synonymous in my mind

[seve]N [tw]O [fou]R [fee]T (ultimately) added to H (height)

(O + SIR)< (old + gentleman, <upset); OTT (that’s too much, over the top) stuffing

[c]OVERT (secret, not the first)

(IOU SAY)* (*roughly) about K (a thousand)

Clutching O (what looks like lifebelt); CANE (switch)

[pay]S [deb]T (at last) following TRY (test)

PUD (dessert) in REI[g]ATE (Surrey town, losing heart)

(SIN (wrong) + G[irl]S (tips from)) hampering G (good) + SON (boy)

E (European) imprisoned in HAVE (keep) + HO[t] (fiery, not entirely)

ON< (<climbing) + BAMBI (a deer) – vice versa

Vice versa tells us to change the order of things, so put the deer in front of the climbing ‘on’

EMOTI[c]ON (smiley, perhaps, avoiding C[ircus] (head of))

DUT[y] (service, brief) supported by CH (church)

‘Dutch’ is an abbreviation of ‘Duchess of Fife’, rhyming slang for ‘wife’

S (second) + [y]OUTH (lad, dropping [sill]Y (back from))