Independent 9,196 / Alchemi

*(BUY SAW); “to refashion” is anagram indicator

A-BOM<b> (=nuclear weapon; “nearly” means last letter dropped) + A + SUM (=problem); the abomasum is the fourth or true stomach of ruminants

EMU (=runner, i.e. fast-running bird) + LATE (=dead); (to) match (=verb) is to equal, emulate

H (=hours) in <frank>FURTER (=eating one of the Franks (=entry at 22), i.e. foodstuff)

*(L (=large) + DOWRY) in LIGHT (=a window); “threw” is anagram indicator; the reference is to American architect Frank (=entry at 22) Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)

Homophone (“spoke”) of “owed” (=outstanding, unpaid, of debt); an ode is “lines” of verse

[P (=parking) in CAR (=vehicle)] + A (=area); the reference is to Italian-American film director Frank (=entry at 22) Capra (1897-1991)

ANNE (=one of the Franks (=entry at 22) who hid, i.e. the Dutch diarist Anne Frank) + A + LED (=light, i.e. light-emitting diode)

I in <frank>ENSTEIN (=evil one of the Franks (=entry at 22), i.e. from Mary Shelley’s novel); the reference is to German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Hidden (“boxes”) in “opticS IS ALigning”

“res” is the Latin word for thing; re is the second (musical) note in the sol-fa notation

*(LAZE + MRS ZOLA); “around” is anagram indicator

*(LIONS) in [N + P] (=electrical poles, i.e. negative and positive); “confused” is anagram indicator

<frank>INCENSE (=smelly one of the Franks (=entry at 22), i.e. the aromatic substance frankincense)

[PEED (=went, i.e. to toilet!) + W (=west)] in SAY (=for example)

C (=caught) + REEKS (=smells)

[HE (=chap, i.e. a man) + R L (=hands, i.e. right and left)] in SOCK (=footwear); Sherlock is a British-American crime drama series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes

RUN (=sequence, string) in BO (=personal problem, i.e. body odour); the reference is to British boxer Frank Bruno (1961-)

A (=American) + CA (=about, i.e. circa) + [RDIA (A1 (=excellent) + DR (=doctor); “upset” indicates vertical reversal); acardia is the lack of a heart, for example in unequal conjoined twins, hence “heartlessness”

BE (=live, exist) + FOG (GOLF=game; “avoiding large (=L)” means letter “l” is dropped; “coming up” indicates vertical reversal)

MA<n> RA<n> T<o> HA<g>; “with missing feet” means last letter of each word is dropped; a Maratha is a member of a once dominant people of SW India

[CH (=companion, i.e. Companion of Honour) in SOONER (=rather)] + S (=singular, in grammar)

MART (=exchange, i.e. place of trading) + EN (=space, in printing); a pine-marten is a forest-dwelling animal

R (=a river) in DECEASE (=death)

<n>ISSAN (=Japanese car; “lacking roof” means first letter is dropped) in PUCE (=lurid colour): puissance is the power of a horse in show-jumping

[ON (=performing, e.g. on stage) in NB (=take note, i.e. nota bene)] + AS (=when) + <s>IC<k> (“essentially” means middle letters only)

[L (=line) in CUSTER (=US military commander, i.e. in American Civil War)] + S (=small)

AMPLE (=enough) in [S (=son) + D (=daughter)]

PENCE (=money) in SR (=sister); the reference is to clumsy Frank (=entry at 22) Spencer, from the sitcom Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em

FRANK (=outspoken) + S (=Sweden)

APP (=software, e.g. for smartphones) in ZA (=South Africa); the reference is to American musician Frank (=entry at 22) Zappa (1940-93)

<ba>LANCE (=equilibrium); “throws graduate (=BA) out” means letters “ba” are dropped