BOREDOM (7)

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Clue ID Clue Explanation (hover)
13425 Feeling weary from smelly, concerning act by meathead Feeling Weary (BOREDOM) = smelly (B.O.) concerning (RE:) act (DO) by meathead (M)
13426 Spooner calling an entrance "ass" creates tedium (7) applying Spoonerism to DOOR BUM ("an entrance" and "ass") produces BOREDOM
13427 ||Drill top until it's routine|| (7) BORE+DOM
13428 Lack of interest, then sudden hype surrounding variety of wine (7) lack of interest = BOREDOM, sudden hype = BOOM, variety of wine = RED, BO-RED-OM
13429 Spooner's street gang retreats, showing a lack of interest (7) street gang gives ROAD MOB, spoonered gives MODE ROB, reversed gives BOREDOM, a lack of interest
13430 Robe without tail is perverse fashion and displays dullness (7) Robe without tail = ROB(ROBE without E)
Perverse fashion = EDOM(MODE<<)
Dullness = Boredom
13431 Bedroom kinks dull pain? (7) anag. BEDROOM

dull pain = the pain of experiencing dullness
13433 Say something at the front of class like, "I've got nothing to do with this"? (7) homophone ("say") of "board" ("something at the front of class") + "um" ("like") = BOREDOM (a state of having nothing to do, cryptic/punny def)
13434 Clue’s surface, uh, picked up zero engagement (7) BOARD (Clue’s surface) + UM (uh) -> homophone (picked up) = BOREDOM (zero engagement)
13435 Angry mob rode in emotional state (7) MOB RODE anag.
13436 Mulligan captured by Mafia backsliding into ennui (7) MOB< containing REDO
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