Independent 11297 / Hoskins

Rogue punched by husband in a state (4) 

CHAD (Country [state] in Africa)

CAD (rogue) containing (punched by) H (husband)

C (H) AD

One aboard ship will get more raunchy (8) 

STEAMIER (more erotic; more raunchy)

I (Roman numeral for one) contained in (aboard) STEAMER (type of ship)

STEAM (I) ER

Possessing joints, a curate lit up (10) 

ARTICULATE (jointed; possessing joints)

A + an anagram of (up) CURATE LIT

A RTICULATE*

Old red blemishes on the tongue? (4) 

MARX (reference Karl MARX [1818 – 1883], historical [old] socialist revolutionary; communist; red)

MARX (sounds like [on the tongue] MARKS [blemishes])

MARX

Sign half-redacted page with half-cut minister? (6) 

GEMINI (a sign of the Zodiac)

GE (letters remaining in PAGE when the first two of four [half] PA are removed [redacted]) + MINI (first four letters of eight [half], the ones that remain when the other letters of MINISTER are excluded [cut])

GE MINI

Having wavered, pay owner for guns etc. (8) 

WEAPONRY (guns etc)

Anagram of (having wavered) PAY OWNER

WEAPONRY*

Hamper that’s opened by politician Balls? (6) 

IMPEDE (obstruct; hamper)

IE (id est; that is) containing (opened by) (MP [Member of Parliament; politician] + ED [reference ED Balls [born 1967; former Labour party politician])

I (MP ED) E

Republican getting in troubles comrades (8) 

BROTHERS (comrades|)

R (Republican) contained in (getting in) BOTHERS (troubles)

B (R) OTHERS

Staff happy about end of arduous projects? (6,2) 

STICKS UP (projects upwards)

(STICK [rod of wood; staff] + UP [happy]) containing (about) S (last letter of [end of] ARDUOUS)

STICK (S) UP

King getting hug off brass? Cheeky blighter! (6) 

MONKEY (mischievous child; cheeky blighter)

K (king) contained in (getting hug off) MONEY (brass is an informal term for MONEY)

MON (K) EY

Nutty biscuits (8) 

CRACKERS (crazy; nutty)

CRACKERS (thin crisp biscuits)  double definition

CRACKERS

Savage woman I’m always cuddling (6) 

ANIMAL (brute; savage)

ANIMAL (hidden word in [cuddling] WOMAN I’M ALWAYS)

ANIMAL

Love to get stuck into drink … it’s a liquid food! (4) 

SOUP (liquid food)

O (character representing zero, the love score in tennis) contained in (get stuck into) SUP (drink)

S (O) UP

Headwear cadet hocks after mobilisation (6,4) 

COCKED HATS (types of headwear)

Anagram of (after mobilisation) CADET HOCKS

COCKED HATS*

Perhaps down drug administered to old men (8) 

FEATHERS (down)

E (ecstasy; drug) contained in (administered to) FATHERS (old men)

F (E) ATHERS

Get down and dance at front with posh perfumier? (4)

DUCK (take avoiding action; get down)

D (first letter of [at front] DANCE + U (posh) + CK (Calvin Klein, a perfumery company [amongst other things])

D U CK

Drug pipe with piece of resin inside (5) 

HORSE (heroin; drug)

HOSE (pipe) containing (with … inside) R (first letter of [piece of] RESIN)

HO (R) SE

Choose to cover up one divine murder? (7) 

DEICIDE (the killing or killer of a god; divine murder)

DECIDE (choose) containing (to cover up) I (Roman numeral for one)

DE (I) CIDE

Sides of swede coming with a main (3) 

SEA ([the ocean] main)

SE (first and last letters of [sides of] SWEDE) + A

SE A

Nurse turned Hoskins around, primarily for this! (5) 

ENEMA (fluid injected into the rectum)

EN (enrolled nurse) + ME (Hoskins is the setter of the puzzle) reversed (turned) + A (first letter of [primarily] AROUND) – A nurse would indeed turn Hoskins around to apply an enema, so this could be seen as an &Lit clue

EN EM< A

Huge mediums embracing a flapper going into the light (7) 

MAMMOTH (huge)

(M [medium] + M [medium] giving mediums) containing (embracing) A + MOTH (an insect with wings [flapper] that is attracted by light)

M (A) M MOTH

Rolling reefer or downing drop of red? Perfect! (5-4) 

ERROR FREE (without mistakes; perfect)

Anagram of (rolling) REEFER OR containing (downing) R (first letter of [drop of] RED)

ERRO (R) FREE* – any of the four Rs could be the one contained

Coach and hot English bodyguard will have an affair (8) 

BUSINESS (matter or affair)

BUS (coach) + IN (popular; trendy; hot) + E (English) + SS (the SS was created originally as Hitler’s personal bodyguard)

BUS IN E SS

Networks hacked by a power Penny programs online (3,4) 

WEB APPS (world wide WEB APPletS; online programs)

WEBS (networks) containing (hacked by) (A + P [power] + P [{old} penny])

WEB (A P P) S

Mom playing around with hooter in this? (9) 

MOTORHOME (somewhere where MOM could play around with a HOOTER / horn)

Anagram of (…playing around with…) MOM and HOOTER

MOTORHOME*

Unusually, hope a mod played in a brass band? (8) 

OOMPAHED (OOMPAH is a sound associated with a brass instruments like the tuba when played)

Anagram of (unusually) HOPE A MOD

OOMPAHED*

Cold cop annoyed with kit in driver’s compartment (7) 

COCKPIT (driver’s compartment)

C (cold) + an anagram of (annoyed) COP and KIT

C OCKPIT*

Tyneside soldier upset that man had sounded like a nag? (7) 

NEIGHED (sounded like a horse [nag])

NE (Tyneside is located in the North East of England) + GI (American soldier) reversed (upset) + HE’D (that man [HE] had [‘D])

NE IG< HED

Host of drugs Member of Congress will tuck into (5) 

EMCEE (Master of Ceremonies; host)

MC (Member of Congress) contained in (will tuck into) E [ecstasy; drug] + E + E to give [three] drugs)

E (MC) E E

A jerk taking right in heavy goods vehicle (5) 

ARTIC (ARTICulated vehicle [lorry])

(A + TIC [jerk]) containing (taking) R (right)

A (R) TIC

Price finally cut for a leafy vegetable (3) 

COS (type of lettuce; leafy vegetable)

COST (price) excluding the final letter (cut) T

COS