Clot Ruined Mobile With Sim I Left Out (8)

[fatcracker1]

Clot ruined mobile with Sim I left out (8)
Biased Democrat lives with almost crooked Conservative (14)
Lout asked rebels about trendy hotel (8)
Bernard rated as controversial party leader (8-6)
Frank's auxiliary verb forms (6)
no anaesthetic? (6)
Square 21 (4)

[fiction-factory]

imbecile

[Baldric]

1, Embolism

[fiction-factory]

That took 2 minutes to submit- AB seems to hang for ages sometimes

[fiction-factory]

I had wrong kind of clot!

[Captain2]

6 Number

[Mamyalynne]

6 Number

[Toorak]

2 díscriminatory

D is crimina(l) tory

[Captain2]

4 Standard Bearer

[Toorak]

3 skinhead

Anagram of asked around in h(otel)

[Baldric]

4, Standard Bearer

[Captain2]

3 Skinhead - anagram of 'asked + in + H'

[Toorak]

Last one - nine? (3 squared)

[Captain2]

What's the answer to '21'

[fatcracker1]

thanxs you lot, however I do have one more
Herbaceous plant in wood close to elm (6)

[Toorak]

Square 2 and 1 = 9

[fatcracker1]

-a-s-m

[fatcracker1]

got it
balsem

[Captain2]

5 Candid? (only because it is Frank!!!)

[Toorak]

Balsam

Balsa ( wood) and m

[Captain2]

Toorak, just thought it might refer to another clue that's all - not doubting you ;))