Independent 10,378 / Hob

Hidden (“visited”) in “sHAW OR THurber”; the village of Haworth in West Yorkshire was the home of the Brontë family and is the site of the Brontë Parsonage Museum

LO (=see!) + VEINS (=evidence of streaking, e.g. in meat)

L<ager> (“principal character of” means first letter only) in SOB (=shed tears)

Cryptically, if you “alter nate“, i.e. form an anagram of it, you end up with Etna!

ACT ON (=continue playing a role, i.e. go on acting)

*(ORIENTAL); “cooking” is anagram indicator

BELL<y> (=corporation, paunch); “not unknown (=y, in algebra)” means letter “y” is dropped

N (=short note, i.e. abbreviation) in AGES (=a log time)

G<oodwood> R<aces> E<very> Y<ear>; “that starts each of” means first letters only

DAI (=Welshman, i.e. a male forename in Wales) + {[I (=one) + R (=recipe, from Latin)] in QUI (=in Paris, who; i.e. the French word for who)}

The references are to English poet and painter William Blake (1757-1827) AND to the 1978-81 BBC TV series Blake’s 7

ER (=the Queen, i.e. Elizabeth Regina) in *(TOP + A LOW); “bust” is anagram indicator

D<runken> (“very slightly” means first letter only) + EFT (=newt)

AL (=gangster, i.e. Al Capone) + ARMED (=carrying gun)

*(LAST PUS<h>); “suffering contraction” means last letter is dropped from anagram, indicated by the adverb “supply (=flexibly)”

HALL<owed> (=greatly revered); “not outstanding (=owed, unpaid, of debt)” means letters “owed” are dropped

LOT (=great number) + I (=current, in physics) + BROS (=British band, formed in 1980s); “making comeback” means (here full) reversal; sorbitol is a sugar substitute, hence “it’s sweet”

Double definition: a STOCK is a breed, line of descent, as in to be from good stock AND a tune, an air

BOG (=slough) + ROLLS (=registers); john is a slang word for toilet, hence bog rolls as a slang term for toilet rolls is used here

Hidden (“one occupying”) in “rotTEN ANTiquated”

*(BANTER NONE); “affected” is anagram indicator; the gender neutral Acton Bell was the pseudonym chosen by Anne Brontë when trying to secure a publisher as a female writer; her sisters Charlotte and Emily used the pseudonyms Currer Bell and Ellis Bell respectively

[RAN (=French-Japanese film, from 1985) in TATI (=French director, i.e. Jacques)] + NO; the reference is to US director Quentin Tarantino (1963-)

ACE (=one, in cards) + RA (=artist, i.e. Royal Academician); “climbing” indicates vertical reversal

OP (=work, i.e. opus) + EP (=recording, i.e. Extended-Play) + E (=east); opepe is an African tree whose wood is a teak substitute

A + PI (=very good, pious) + ARIES (=sign, of Zodiac); cryptically, apiaries, as places where bees are kept, could be described as “drone-flying aries”!!

GRAND (=superb) + PAS (=step, in ballet); grandpas are relations (=entry at 13), relatives

Q (=question, as in Q&As) + ATARI (=video game creator)

WILD<e> (=poet and playwright, i.e. Oscar); “dropping Ecstasy (=E)” means letter “e” is dropped

FELL<ow> (=chap) “denying that hurt (=ow)” means letters “ow” are dropped; Doctor Fell features in a 1680 epigram by the English satirical poet Tom Brown