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1a. Know-all clerk writing judgement briefly in right place
CLEVER DICK

1d. Area often screened off but a lot left visible
CHANCEL

5d. Army officer holding old badge of rank
CORONET

3d. Money's of no account, bypass bringing such benefits?
EASY COME EASY GO

Parses for the above please

1a CLERK with VERDIC(t) replacing the R

1d LOT as is CHANCE (or fate?) Not sure

5d CORNET used to be a rank in the army

3 The first part is a straight definition; I think the second part is just a cryptic definition, referring to a road bypass?

Thanks chrisE

13a. Check out the way journeys end for Shakespeare?
TRYST

15a. One of Chesterton's men used to swim in river
TUESDAY
... I get the parse but what's the reference?

26a. Servitude those defeated by Romans underwent
YOKE

Parses for the above please.

13a. TRY (check out ) ST (street, the way), and an old term for a meeting place. I don’t know if there’s a specific Shakespearean quote

15a.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday

"Journeys end in lover's meetings" or TRYSTS?

Chesterton wrote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday
One of the conspirators was presumbaly "Tuesday"?

Thanks all for the replies

11a. Watery discharge containing one metal or another
RHENIUM

1a. Part of ship often reduced by 40 per cent
FORECASTLE

13a. Critical old man
PATER

Parses for the above please.

RHEUM - watery discharge around Ni - nickel
FORECASTLE is usually pronounced (and spelled) fo'c'sle