Im/press/ive = remarkable

Very impressive, Lex! ===[**CDM**]===

Thank you m'lady!

Plump babe shoots drunk in gripping adaptation (9,6)

Definition on the right

Opposable thumbs (anag.)

Now you can grip this: ===[**CDM**]===

Phew...Here I was trying to pick it up with my pinkies!

Garrison blockades English castles, inspiring a dog run, or regatta? (4,4)

Direct on the right, and yes, the question mark is there for good reason.

cvcc cvcv

"blockades" is a standard indicator.

"castles" is also an indicator, but much less conventional.

I was wondering about "castles" being an indicator based on the chess manoeuvre, thinking "inspiring" to be a container indicator, also that the second word of the answer is likely to be race, but I am struggling to come up with a justifiable first word...

All good so far1 - except that "inspiring" is there mostly for readability, conjoining the clue and the definition.

Lex, I was thinking on the same lines. I think brace might be a word for garrison and it also gives us the second word, race. That would mean the first word begins with a B. I was hoping it would be boat race but that doesn't fit the pattern.

I think that the answer is bark race, a new term to me = dog run, but sounds like barque race (hence "or regatta?") - barrack (garrison) + e (English) with King and Rook castled, although I am not entirely sure what blockades signifies beyond something like followed by, or perhaps pushes/corners.

Big D appears to have gone AWOL (hope he is okay), so I will press on regardless with another clue:

Fungal problem - mate is scheduled for treatment (5,3,7)

Aha - one I can understand!

Dutch elm disease (anagram "mate is scheduled")

Thank you Rog: correct answer.

Here is a cheap (but perhaps indistinguishable) copy of the Belt to be going on with until the priceless original is surrendered...
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Thanks, Lex - I'll give it a bit of a polish and no-one will be able to tell the difference!

Expect a load in report (5)

Direct on the left, wordplay 1+4, one indicator

Hmm - vcvvc, 12134

As everyone else seems to be ignoring us, await = expect - sounds like a weight

Winging its way back to you, Lex! ===[**CDM**]===

Thank you UW

Furious patron - what he condemned (2,3,7)

on the warpath (anagram)

All yours: ===[**CDM**]===