Independent 10,163 / Phi

S (=second) in [P (=quiet, i.e. piano in music) + LAMA (=priest, as in Dalai Lama)]

*(BEER’S OUT); “brewing” is anagram indicator

AGA (=range, i.e. in kitchen) + INST. (=this month, i.e. in formal correspondence)

Double definition

Cryptic definition: if a person is good for (=in return for) nothing, then he would surely be bad (to commit crime) for money!

ORE (=source of (mineral) wealth) + LSE (=London college, i.e. London School of Economics)

BE (=to occur) + DIVER<s>E (=with “distinction”, difference, diversity; “not involving Society (=S)” means letter “s” is dropped); Sir Bedivere is one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend

PUTTO (=Angelic figure, in art and architecture) + BED (=plot, i.e. in garden); (of newspapers) “to put to bed” is to send to press

[A + T<emptation> (“hint of” means first letter only)] in THIS (=current topic, i.e. what we are talking about now); “to wit” is namely, that is to say

Cryptic definition: the “letters” of the definition refers not to the arts, but to those letting out property in exchange for rent, on whom home-owners no longer rely!

ROS<e> (=stood, got up; “mostly” means last letter is dropped) + SIN (=offence) + I (=one); the reference is to the Italian opera composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

<m>ONTH (=period of time; “suppressing male (=M)” means letter “m” is dropped) + EGO (=self-importance)

QU<it>E (“ignoring it” means letters “it” are dropped) + STION (O (=nothing, zero) in NITS (=fools); “recalled” indicates reversal)

RUF (FUR=hair; “laid back” indicates reversal) replaces letter “a” (=one) in the word C<a>TS; the reference is to the world-famous Crufts Dog Show

[<acto>R (“finally” means last letter only) in GO UP (=rise)] in PLAYS (=shows, at theatre)

<c>ABAL (=intrigue; “not having caught (=C, on cricket scorecard)” means letter “c” is dropped) + ONE (=single specimen)

*(I’M NOT SAFE); “broadcasting” is anagram indicator

ON LOO (=possibly going (to the toilet)) + KER<b> (=side of road; “mostly”)

HEART (=courage, as in to lose heart); “husband (=H) low” means letter “h” moves to a lower position in the grid, here right to the end of the word

*(HUN) + IN + G.E. (E.G.=say, for example; “uprising” indicates vertical reversal)

EA<u> (=water for the French, i.e. the French word for water; “a lot of” means all but last letter is used) + RN (=sailors, i.e. the Royal Navy)

STAR<kers> (=nude); “hot half” means 4 of 8 letters are dropped

CE (=church, i.e. Church of England) + *(OUR SON IS); “mistakenly” is anagram indicator

IN (popular) + <ex>HIBITOR (=artist with show perhaps; “neglecting former (=EX)” means letters “ex” are dropped)

*(URINE NOT); “affected” is anagram indicator; a neutrino is an uncharged particle with zero mass when at rest

TRIES (=goes, attempts) + T<o> E<nglish> (“initially” means first letters only)

T<reat> (“beginning to” means first letter only) + *(FLESHY); “spread” is anagram indicator; the reference is to the Biblical proverb “Physician, heal thyself” (Luke 4:23)

W (=women) in SIFT (=investigation, sift); the reference is to the Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

O (=nothing, zero) in MOT (=epigram, pithy saying, from French)

RA (=soldiers, i.e. Royal Artillery) in IQ (QI=TV programme, standing for Quite Interesting; “upset” indicates vertical reversal)