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Unexpectedly struggled with this one, and am left with a few I can't seem to parse. Wordplay explanations would be appreciated.

4d "Using coercive methods in the nursery (7)"
answer is FORCING, so def = "using coercive methods"

19d "A practice that attracts unusual interest (5)"
answer is USURY, so def = "interest"

22a "It's healthy to do some plumbing (5)"
answer is SOUND, so def = "it's healthy"

22 Sound also means 'do some plumbing' - ie you measure the depth of, probe etc.

4 FORCING is a gardening term, though generally resticted to rhubarb.

19 I think is just a cryptic defintion

22 "Sounding" is a practice on small boats to determine the depth of the water, so "plumbing" (the depths)

A PS for 22 - Chambers has 'to sound as by a plumb line' for 'plumb'.

Those all make sense, thanks all