QC 2687 by Oink

This is “rustic” as a noun, and this is a chestnut, along with PEASANT/PHEASANT

Uncouth person grabbing tail of skittish bird (8) from QC 2572

The word PICT is generally thought to have come from the Latin for “painted”, “pictus”, from which we get “picture”. They were probably tattooed.

My LOI, couldn’t see beyond R in the third letter, for Pyro, Gyro or Tyro.

Still hoping for a clue with a TYPO in it, such as

Choose to make U-turn, concealing Yankeee for example (4)

“On the contrary” refers to the fact that that Einstein (a German) was no mug. Clever, and my COD. The fact that Stein is German for stone is merely a distraction this time. Here’s a way to clue it slightly differently:

One stone in Germany is a prize winner (8)

This was another slow one for me, as the checkers were not helpful.

From Captain Nemo, from Jules Verne 20,000 leagues under the sea. The Kids film Finding Nemo would be the way to get this via Ninja Turtling.

The noun usage is not common (and unknown to me). The OED has an excellent definition, which seems to have come straight from Dr Johnson or Professor James Murray:

In the 18th and 19th centuries frequently used disparagingly of liveried menservants kept for ostentation rather than use, with an imputation of pomposity or arrogance.

From the phrase “A Rolling Stone gathers no moss”. This one seems a bit weak. Is the Moss supposed to be a Hanger-on? I can’t see this meaning of moss in the OED.

Pleasing 8 letter anagram.

The N is unchecked, so IRAQ would fit, but can’t see anyway to mistake RAQ for “leader of”. QC 2648 had IRAQ, but clued very differently. How about this?

Sounds of me setting up a game of snooker in Arab Republic (4)

Drunk as (usually P*ssed as) a NEWT.

Please note my North American friends, in British English “p*ssed” by itself means drunk, you must use the full “P*ssed off” if you mean angry. I’ve seen some confusion over this, believe me.

I didn’t actually know that an AMOUR was secret, I thought it was a crush.

Boozer being a pub, where ALE is drunk.

CHIDE has the excellent past participle of CHID, which is sadly on the way out.

Very clever juxtaposition of Test & cricket which need to be separated.

The parsing is tricky as the clue could have been “Animal’s remains”, since a carcass is never used to refer to a human.

Phew, Oink is back to his piggy ways after an aberration a few puzzles previously.

In Somerset, where Bath is, SPAR is definitely not the same as SPA, they lurrve their RRR’s down therrrrre.