AZED 2,228/hi-tech

FENC(RICK)E,T – the mole cricket, thus I suppose of the burrowing variety.

BAR,O,LO – fine Italian wine from Piedmont and you’d serve it in a BAR of course.

rev(er=HM,glam[is]) – Scots “in spite of” is MALGRE which is the French for same – I suppose to spite the English.  And turns out that  Glamis was home to our friend Macbeth at one point.

CRI(NU)M[son] – clear case of reverse engineering from the wordplay and using Chambers to confirm (“amaryllis with luxuriant clusters…”), where NU=abbrev(name unknown).

Two meanings.  I hated scales.

A,TA,TONS – TA=abbrev(Territorial Army) who are voluntary.  ”Attached”, in the cryptic grammar, appends TONS=many.  And it’s from the French for “gropingly”.

hidden – it’s a “form of rhythmical exercise… by Hinrich Medau”

PLA(T[ell]Y)SMA – flat neck muscle

[was]HING – which is asafoetida which given that it contains FOETID… well, not surprising it stinks (it’s a gum resin).

Take prom=concert and move the first letter to the end.

SCAR(MOG)E – archaic skirmish=brush and a MOG is a cat.

I admit I had HEJAB here at first — but turns out J,ELAB is just another spelling of gallabea, gallabeah etc. and rev(bale)=ELAB

SP(AN)IEL – ref. the German or Yiddish to spin a tale.

SA,LINA=rev(anil=indigo=blue).  And SA=abbrev(sex appeal)=it.  Which is super-outdated slang.

SUSS,EX – it turns out that Sussex Carol is a well-known (?) Chistmas carol.  Again reverse engineered from wordplay.

EYEC,UP – so this is in ref. to the other Mr. Turner.  Tina’s abusive husband Ike, who sounds like EYEC.  I guess.

A,R([spin]E)OLE

DIS[h],ATISFY – (stays if).  I suppose the definition works as the answer to the question.

OBCOM,PRESSED – combo* followed by a synonym for “hurried”.  Definition is “flattened from front to back”.

Two definitions. Both a bit obscure though the second probably related to “farthing”.

Assuming Anton is French, then I suppose this is an anag &lit — ([che]f Anton)*

C(L)UB – ref. the Garrick Club – which has yet to invite me to join, which is a good thing since, as we all know, any club that would have me… etc.

ROMAN(S)CH – The 4th official Swiss language.  The Church of Rome would indeed be ROMAN CH.

CA(CA)O – CA in oca* — California is here to indicate “American” and to help in the wordplay since CA=abbrev(California).

KLAT,CH – rev(talk=chat).  I’ve always seen this as kaffeeklatsch so I struggled a bit.

T(R)END – the wordplay is straightforward.  But I feel a bit of a luddite not understanding the definition: “Read Facebook message” though I certainly know about trends on Facebook.

(sex games, sobe[r])* — another tech term — which I was surprised to find in Chambers.

Sounds like “glory hole” which is how our cockney friend ‘Arry might call his odds and ends cupboard

A,DAM,SALE – water.  And a WI event might be a SALE, I suppose.

S(MALLS)AT – again definition reverse engineered from wordplay and confirmed in Chambers.

PANIC,S[kirt] – panic is a grain.  But I’m struggling with the part of speech — is “startling” a gerund here?

M(EA)SES – ea=river in mess*.  About 500 herrings (a standard unit of counting in some parts of the world obviously).

GA(ME)L,Y – where “this writer” is ME.

‘S,PAYD[ay] – remove ay=always from payday.  A male deer (in its 3rd year)

M(I,N)US – mus=abbrev(music)

[du]K[e],URI[nation] – leg-lifting is urination! And KURI is a mongrel from NZ (thus Wellington).