Karl Marx, Richard Feynman and some tricky plurals in our pick of the best of the broadsheet cryptics
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4dSocialist and singer swapping tips on records, we hear (4,4)
[ something that sings, with first and last letters exchanged (‘swapping tips’) + soundalike (‘we hear’) of synonym for ‘records’ ]
[ LARK with first and last letters swapped + soundalike of ‘marks’ ]
10ac/18ac/7dWork of scientist at The PerimeterInstitute may document lacquer’s unusual structure (7,15)
[ anagram (‘unusual structure’) of abbrev. for ‘Institute’ along with MAYDOCUMENTLACQUER ]
[ anagram of INSTMAYDOCUMENTLACQUER ]
9dThose expecting inheritancehire wanton to exhaust dad, perhaps (5,8)
[ anagram (‘wanton’) of HIRE + synonym for ‘to exhaust’ + what ‘dad’ is an example of (‘dad, perhaps’) ]
[ HEIR + SAP + PARENT ]
3dRepeatedly note treerot (10)
[ a musical note, then a tree, then a musical note, then a tree ]
[ B + ALDER + D + ASH ]