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Great to hear that, simplesimon. Read Enigmatist's profile in Guardian blog, and he seems like a nice fellow...in addition to all-star setter and champion solver.

Sign of my Philistinism and general shortcomings that I labo(u)r mightily with his puzzles, though. Have only completed a couple of his "Enigmatist" compositions, although the track record is better with his "Nimrod" and "Io" efforts. Perhaps the "Enigmatist" label intimidates me, as I don't always recall who the latter two names signify (usually I slap my forehead upon reading the 225 summary and sigh "no wonder it was a beast"). 😉

At the beginning of Chanukah, Isaac gets his head into the Torah after returning by cab (7)

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Topless Ohio cart crashes into a taxi (7)

Rich to a fault yet drives a bus (7)

Conversation curtailed when rowdy trio get in a cab (7)

CHA(T) TRIO*

Vehicle fuelled by Hydrogen - it runs on Oxygen too!

C(H)AR I(O)T using CAR as def also hence "!"

(Shamelessly borrowing someone's idea from a few weeks ago - sorry can't remember who but thanks...!)

Half of Heston's charisma included old horse-drawn vehicle (7)

CHAR(lton) + O in IT

Haricot beans pulled along by a horse (7)

X in graph to be drawn? (7)

10 in CHART

After wrapping car around hydrant, I return to horse drawn vehicle (7)
(C (H) AR I OT)