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I'd be glad of help with my last two:

Mass reunites awfully Christian-minded folk? (9)
M?T???E?S
Mutineers would fit as an anagram but I don't see why it would fit the clue!

Old red mark, bit of lippy involved ? (6)
?T?L??
The last letter here is the middle one of the previous clue.

STALIN
stain around L(ippy)

Christian Fletcher led the mutiny on the Bounty

Thank you both. Stalin is fair enough but mutineers is a pretty tenuous connection!

Today’s Independent; same setter

26A Rebels meet ruin, attacked by vanguard of soldiers

Now that is some recycling.

It’s a better clue. I prefer vanguard (which at least does mean ‘lead’) to indicators such as ‘bit of’, ‘drop of’, ‘slice of’… which don’t necessarily indicate the first letter