Independent 10,192 / Windsurfer

RE (=about, i.e. regarding) in RE-FENCE (=hedge again)

HA (=I’m surprised) + *(SIR); “angry” is anagram indicator

Homophone (“oral”) of CZECH (=European)

*(PLANT + E (=Eastern) + OIL); “developing” is anagram indicator

FI (IF=provided; “revolutionary” indicates reversal) + ELDER (=church leader); a fielder in cricket could be placed at silly mid-on, for example

*(MEDICAL); “confusing” is anagram indicator; to “declaim” is to make a set or rhetorical speech, hence to lecture

C<omplain> R<anting> O<ver> S<tupid> S<tatements>; “starts to” means first letters only; to “ford” is to get across a river

BUN<g> (=bribe, tip); “snubbed” means last letter dropped; a Chelsea bun is a rolled bun filled with currants and raisins

<cross>WORDS (=what you enjoy, i.e. as solver); “without cross (=entry at 17)” means letters “cross” are dropped; “words” means discussion as opposed to action, as in “actions speak louder than words”

Double definition

<s>TRAINER (=riddle, sieve); “head leaving” means first letter dropped

QUEST (=investigation) +IONS (=particles); to pump is to subject to persistent questioning

CHA (=daily, cleaner) + RM (=Mail reported short, i.e. the abbreviation for Royal Mail)

Cryptically “to” is “in dex” to form the word “detox”!

OP (=work, i.e. opus) in ELEMENT (=member, component)

Crocs are plastic footwear, hence “that might be sitting on your foot”; “croc” is short for “crocodile”, hence “small animal”

EF (=letter, i.e. “f”) = FETE (=function, gala)

Homophone (“hearing”) of “damage (=break)” + DISCS (=records)

Some (“in”) and reversed (“after review”) in “pREP IN School”

[E (=energy) + *(DEAL)] in SIN (=fault); “collapsing” is anagram indicator

Homophone (“stated”) of “Thai (=nationality)”

<m>ISLE<d> (=tricked); “after stripping” means first and letters are dropped

I (=one) + RAN (=manage, e.g. a firm) + AIR (=expose, voice e.g. a view); Iran Air is the national airline of Iran, hence “trafficker” in the sense of carrier

FA (=note, in music) + CED (DEC=month, i.e. December; “over” indicates reversal)

Cryptically, a rancher could be described as a “catcher of cows”; in the US, a cowcatcher is a piece of apparatus on the front of a railway engine to throw off obstacles on the line

Hidden (“content”) in “eiMI’S ER<udite>”

O (=love, i.e. zero score) + PEN (=writer, i.e. writing implement) + END (=conclusion); “open-end” is a synonym for “open-ended”

[O (=old) + RR (=car, i.e. Rolls Royce)] in BOWER (=shelter); a borrower has to pay interest on a loan

T<g>V (=French train, i.e. train à grande vitesse; “empty” means middle letter dropped) + SHOW (=express, e.g. feelings)

EAR (=attention) in NED (=Eddie, both diminutives of Edward)

<s>QUID (=calamari); “headless” means first letter dropped; a quid is a piece of tobacco kept or chewed in the mouth

Cryptically, “tax 1” could be described as “the first duty”!

Double definition: to match is to couple, pair AND e.g. a captain’s mate is his assistant