Note: some of the clues lack a definition. A tenth, normally clued, suppplies the hint.
1A To begin with, how many letters in PANTS 3,8
29A One stuck by severe Indy anagrams 5,3,3
4D Men are distracted with not a short distance to travel 9
7D Judge, having taken off, is following fashionable looping the loop 8
Finding this one much more diffilcult than usual!