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There are a few answers which I don't full understand. Any help will be most welcome.

25657 - Araucaria
9ac. Dispirit is the answer to: "doctor's round is an irrational thing:it has to be depressing (8)
29ac. Conakry is the answer to: Capital is to blow on a railway with a heart (7)

25656 - Gordius
5d.Do conservative types sit on them? (7)
the answer is 'Hunkers'.

Conakry

I thought

Conk is blow
Ry is railway

with a (heart or inside)

Makes conakry

Ok.
I've not seen 'conk' for 'blow' before.
Thank you.

One can sit on one's "hunkers" and the Hunkers were a conservative wing of the Democratic Party?

doctor's round is an irrational thing:it has to be depressing - Dispirit
Dr (doctor) round "is pi" (an irrational thing) +it?

Aha!
I enjoyed the solution to the Doctor clue.
Thank you very much, AB