Daily Mail Cryptic 14298 Friday August 10th 2012

[bob561941]

10a Representative emerges from clay pit in bad shape typical ?
17a Drops regulation amended after ejecting a lout ?????
24a Drink may be nastier when stirred ???????

Ta

[factor-fiction]

anagram of NASTIER?

[ulysses100]

24a retsina

[chelle7272]

yes retsina

[ulysses100]

10a typical

[Baldric]

10a, number of letters?

PROTOTYPE / PROTOTYPICAL

[ulysses100]

17a is an anagram of residue of letters after removing "a lout" from "regulation" which = regin, but I can't make a word that means "drops"

[factor-fiction]

I think bob was asking whether typical was the right answer, baldric.

[factor-fiction]

Could be REIGN (sounds like rain (drops) - maybe part of the clue is missing

[Baldric]

Possibly, isn't punctuation wonderful?