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Split the clue as follows.....
Black (3 letters)
pipe down to bin 'I' fill (4 letters)
[with] food

First 2 parts are cryptic clue, third part is definition

Thank you - I see now how it works, but it's not a tea tray moment as it still seems quite overly contrived. Maybe that's just me. This aside a lovely puzzle that I really enjoyed.
MrsH

I'm having a lot of trouble with this. 8d might help: play in open event, regularly -- start there after training (6,7) I only have a T in the middle of the 2nd word.
And 10ac -- what is the 3-letter word meaning Black? I have ??N...
Could 17d, consider moving you from filming (after third attempt), be Take Tea? Take Two? Why?

Hi ethereal
8 "Play in open" is the definition. The rest gives an anagram.
10 "Black" as in "blackball". I didn't see this, and I don't think it's very good.
17 I was confused by, but the second word doesn't start with T

P.S. though 22a was irritating too - the last letter might have been T!