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Cool head in distress claiming lost here without compass?
4-4
I've got ?r?e-?a?d so I'm guessing 'free-hand' = 'without compass' but I can't parse the rest.

Fan, cool
D, head in distress, first letter
Lost here = anagram 'here'

F reeh an d.

Thanks Malone.

Glad I could help. I found this puzzle pretty tricky in places.

Me too, several words so obscure that I had to check if they existed. Still unfinished, most gaps at the top, including the long one at 13a, can’t begin to see where the definition is.

13a Where vote-counting snore is so trashy (10, 4, 7)
Don't want the answer (yet), but can anyone tell what the definition is?

Also:

19d By implication, retain more pants (7)
Looks like 'useless' from crossing letters but can't see why (apart from the 'pants' definition).

SB. for 19 D - if you Use Less, it's implied that you 'retain more'.

13 A. I think it's one of those where the whole clue is the definition, the wordplay being given by a hefty dose of anagramming.

Finally got 13a.
Got stuck with about six to go, so not bad by my standards.
I felt this was rather marred by obscurities (pochard, tuareg, girasol, Astana and the inevitable but meaningless to me cricket reference), too many boring put-this-bit-of-a-word-around-that-bit-of-a-word-then-reverse-something-else type clues and not enough witty word play like the jock strap at 9d.
Can't parse 4d:
Record book upset on European relations (4,4)
l-v- l-f-, so presumer it's 'love life'.

Sorry for typo, presumer should read presume.

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