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Hello everyone, can I check parsing for a few clues, please?
paul 21
aristo 22 - is 'class with no homework' PE
busby 23 - is it 'fifth', as in the letter E

Paul’s 21 - I think you need to split chatter and box. Box = (c)rate

That sounds likely, jono - thanks. Sneaky, paul.

Yes, mattrom. My PE classes never had homework anyway. That’s not why I hated them though.

Pair had dinner and mindless conversation. (5)

Thanks, aristo. Unless there are last-minute entries, I'll be back after 9 with the awards 🏆

A priest is excommunicated and disciplined for lousy accounts (5)

Soldier taken off IV is ready to talk at length. (5)

Thanks to the small but prolific group who tackled this week's word.
I chose a word with few synonyms in Chambers, but many in common use in the English, Scots and American language. I hadn't previously realised it could be a noun as well as a verb.

Touches I liked included: jono's 'mischievous goddess', the prof's 'gym rat', aristo's homework-shirking 'weasel', FJ's exploding teardrop, paul's 'chatterbox' (which stumped me), BBM2's 'lousy accounts', buddy's 'Belgian waffle' – especially the use of 'bits of Belgian' as treatment for the subtracted fodder.
Liked the 'pater' clues from mprs 3, FJ 24, paul 20, and the 'rabbits' from jono 9, busby 23.

My final list included mprs 3, 26&45, jono 9, buddy 11, paul 18, paulh 40.
This week's winner, however, is FJ #8, with his neat composite

Mindless chatter from idiot given ecstasy

Well done, FJ! I confess I was hard pressed to find a prize relating to 'prate', so I've fallen back on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5KdGPCpf-8

Cheers

Congrats Fiery and many thanks Mattrom for hosting and the mentions. That mischievous Greek is sometimes useful though she “led men down the path of ruin” ;-)