7dn Blind follower's taken out in Rome? (6) ?E?I?O
Can't parse the following:
9ac &10 It's applied in hilarious fashion, so singly formed? (9,5) V?N?S?I?G C???? VANISHING CREAM
22ac Substantial food item accompanying pea in soup — the writer's about to scoff a little more than 3 (4,3) M?A? P?E MEAT PIE
22dn Design intermediate base (4) M?A? MEAN ?
7d Benito (Mussolini)
9a/10a If you take out (vanishing) CREAM from sCREAMingly (in hilarious fashion) you're left with singly.
22a MEAT PIE with 2 sets of wordplay - anagram of ITEM and PEA and EAT + PI (3.147 etc) inside ME
22d MEAN - triple definition.