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Struggling to get going this morning! Not on Paul's wavelength. Is 1dn really almost an antonym for underhand? I've got 2 words joined together meaning in a line and striker if that makes sense without giving too much away.

Yes - I think you have it

Thanks zozozo. Hope all the rest are better clues or I am really going to struggle.

My reading of it has "underhand" as "under [a poker] hand".

Golly - that was hard work! Couple of newspaper nicknames, one of which I hadn't heard of. Good clueing though, as you would expect from the past master ...

My last two in. I must read my Private Eye more attentively.

Nearly there. 6dn. Just one militant maintaining lead in primaries. 9. *****t*a*. Help!!

6 - def just, wordplay one + word for militant containing "lead" in primaries

Definition is "just"

Totally stumped on last, interlocking, two:
9A Encapsulating the ultimate in pomposity, standard rubbish from the right - here, primarily? (9) T???G?A?H. Looks like telegraph but no idea on parsing.
2D A place for learning in class cut - for our misspelling? (8)
...U.I.D.
Strong hints please!