Independent 9,172 / Raich

Hidden (“acceptable”) in “geT HANKY OUt”

C<ed>ILLA (=French character, i.e. type of accent); “ignores journalist (=Ed. , for editor)” means letters “ed” are dropped

E.G. (=say, for example) in *(MINER); “trained” is anagram indicator

BARRIE (=Scottish dramatist, i.e. J M Barrie) + R (=resistance)

*(HERO AWAY AT + HENNA (=entry at 26D) + HOD (=entry at 29D)); “hit” is anagram indicator; the song in question was a hit for Cilla Black (=entry at 6A) in 1964

O (=circuit, i.e. pictorially) + P.E. (=training, i.e. physical education) + RA (=soldiers, i.e. Royal Artillery)

Y (=unknown, in algebra) + A<rrival> (“initially” means first letter only) + PS (=note added, to letter)

*(ATTIC STY<l>E); “left (=L) abandoned” means letter “l” is dropped from anagram, indicated by “sadly”

*(BANDIT LED); “reformed” is anagram indicator; someone you have “never seen before” is someone that you haven’t dated, been out with; Blind Date was a popular ITV dating show hosted by Cilla Black

AM (=morning) + MO (=doctor, i.e. Medical Officer); ammo are “rounds” of ammunition

T<r>U<s>T<y> O<u>R; “regularly” means alternate letters only are used

TALL (=unlikely, of story) + INN (=local, i.e. pub)

*(T<hei>R + HANDY); “extremely” means first and last letters only; “redeveloped” is anagram indicator

Cilla Black was the stage name adopted by Liverpudlian singer Priscilla Maria Veronica White (1943-2015), so “white” is the “earlier version” of the “assumed” name “black”

*(THAT ROY); “recollected” is anagram indicator

<r>ANG (=called; “losing head” means first letter dropped) + RY (=railway)

*(MONK I) + O (=old); “itinerant” is anagram indicator

YE (=the old, i.e. an old word for the) + N (=name)

Hidden (“features”) in “stadiUM BROchure”

CUR (=scoundrel) + IOUs (=promises to pay)

I (=current, in physics) in LORE (=knowledge)

Cryptic definition: air rage is aggressive behaviour on the part of a passenger on an aircraft; cf. road rage

W<omen> I<n> C<oven> C<ould> A<larm>; “at first” means first letters only; wicca is witchcraft, especially as a revived practice

P (=quietly, i.e. piano in music) + HI (=greeting); psi is a letter of the Greek alphabet

R (=royal, as in RSPB) in TEND (=care for); news items “trend” on social media when they become widely discussed

AID (=help); “doubling at end” means the last letter D=500 in Roman numerals is doubled to M=1000!!

BAT (=cricketer) + H (=hot, e.g. on tap) + TUB (BUT=objection: “over” indicates vertical reversal)

DER (=the German, i.e. the German for the) + RICK (=strain, sprain)

*(TOTE ETC); “manipulating” is anagram indicator

AD (=publicity, i.e. advert) in SHOW (=display); a shadow is a person who follows, hence a “trailer”, tracker

*(SALUT<e>); “endless” means last letter dropped from anagram, indicated by “changes”

HEN (=female) + N (=new) + A (top grade)

AB<b>A (=band, group; “half-hearted” means one of two middle “b”s is dropped) + CI (=islands, i.e. Channel Islands)

Hidden (“in”) “RHODes”