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First of the day from me is another old Araucaria.
Man much sought, also with reign. (4) L-O-
I have LION, as in lionise for the sought after bit, but apart from an oblique reference to Richard I the "also with reign" part seems a tad iffy?

Cretin66, Chambers has a def. of 'lion' as 'any object of interest esp a famous or conspicuous person much sought after'

Yep, I'm ok with that bit as a noun ta but what's with the also with reign part?

A Lion is called `King of Beasts`...

I imagine this was topical at the time. It wouldn’t cut it today perhaps, but it’s a great word.
Clue of the day from Ximenes105 (Jun 1949):
State of a steamship blown apart by an exploded mine: yet the waist’s there in one piece! (11)

I should credit E.R. Prentice

Do we think the reign part is as simple as LION for king of beasts? Am I overthinking this??

Reign can be `power`, `status`, as well as `rule` or the period of a monarch`s rule ... I`m not sure it`s a great clue!

Yes, agree - not one of Araucaria's best!
But here's my next, a Bunthorne from 1994,
Too scared of Mrs Thatcher to waste time? (7)
F-I-T-R The answer's FRITTER, and the scared element I presume is FRIT, but as for the Mrs Thatcher bit, I don't get it!

Margaret Thatcher famously used the word frit for frightened. (May referred to this more recently). And to waist time is to fritter it away.