Independent 10,402 / Phi

PL (=place, in addresses) in PURE (=unmixed)

WELL (=what’s good) + [A in SIN (=what’s bad)]; the reference is to British sci-fi author H. G. Wells (1866-1946)

*(DANCE HORDE); “dancing” is anagram indicator

AG<r>A (=Indian city); “runs (=R, in cricket) to the fore” means letter “r” moves to the front of the word

[ONE (=single) + H (=husband)] = BEAD (=ball, e.g. on string to form a necklace)

[N (=note) + TA (=thanks)] in SUN (=part of weekend, i.e. Sunday)

SNOOPS (=spies, pries); “recalled” indicates reversal

*(HAS MADE) + N (=name); “new” is anagram indicator

SOME (=a certain) + <leade>R (“at last” means last letter only) + SET (=clique)

SA (=it, i.e. sex appeal) + CRE<e>D (=statement of belief; “without repetition” means no second “e”)

MO (=way of working, i.e. modus operandi) + [I in BUS (=computer circuit, for data transfer)]; the reference is to German mathematician and astronomer August Möbius (1790-1868)

S<cientis>T (“limits”) in [EIN + EIN (=German articles, i.e. 2 x a German word for one)]; the reference is to German scientist Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Double definition: to take is to “steal”, rob AND the take from ticket sales is “the receipts”, the money raised from them

S (=small, in sizes) + WITCH (=siren) + OVER (=completed)

B<r>EEDING (=pedigree); “Left (=L) ousting Right (=R)” means letter “l” replaces letter “r”

L (=50, in Roman numerals) + ONE + L<ad>Y (“losing heart” means middle letters are dropped); semi- & lit.

Hidden (“in”) in “cultURED Output”; uredo is a rust in plants

PLACE (=location) + BO (OB=former schoolfellow, i.e. old boy; “upset” indicates vertical reversal)

EVEN (=still, as in even better) in [ELSE (=another) + S<ustenance> (“source of” means first letter only)]

*(WILD STRONG HEART); “pulsation of” is anagram indicator

N (=new) in LADS (=guys)

Double definition: strings are ways of controlling things, as in to pull the strings AND an orchestra has a strings section

[A + T<wang> (“trace of” means first letter only)] in [A + G (=good) + GRAVE (=accent)]

[HOT (=attractive) + OC (=military leader, i.e. Officer Commanding)] in PALL (=cloak, mantle)

*(AN ÉCLAIR’S); “fancy” is anagram indicator

E<xtremely> (“source of” means first letter only) + VILE (=nasty) + YE (=article from the past, i.e. old word for the)

[IT in CR (=councillor)] + *(ONE); “crashed” is anagram indicator

US (=our team, as in them and us) in SHI<p> (=vessel; “un-power-ed” means letter “p (=power)” is dropped)

I (=one) + D (=duke) + EA<r>L (=nobleman; “deposing King (=R, i.e. rex)” means letter “r” is dropped