Cryptic 24,397 by Shed

[pedestrian]

7a. Split atom in garden turned by worm (8)

_E_A_ _ _ _

9a. Start with the in crowd? Hardly (6)

O_ _ _E_

14a. Palette devised to capture Manet's first model (8)

_ _M_ _ _T_

[novalis]

nematode
outset
template

[ulysses100]

nematode

[greyfox]

Nematode - anagram of atom in reverse of Eden
Outset - opposite of 'in crowd'
Template - anagram of palette and 'm' (Manet's first)

[pedestrian]

Dancer imprisoning gambler on island in racy novel (6,6)

C_D_C_ R_P_E_

Sunny on departure from resort (6)

_R_ _ _ _

[greyfox]

Bo (dice r i ) pper
Bright(on)

[pedestrian]

Bodice ripper!

That means that 22a is not "Corona."

Beer to please foreign king (6)

Any ideas?

[novalis]

Bitter
Bitte German for please + R for King. ( Or does that muck up too much with other answers? )

[pedestrian]

And I am unsure regarding 12a.

Sea dweller's far from generous about seafarers (6)

_E_ M _ _

It could be "Merman," but it could also be "Seaman." Although the word sea is already given in the clue, so I suppose the latter is less likely.

Why "far from generous"?

Thank in advance!

[novalis]

Mean round RM ( Royal Marines )

[pedestrian]

No, "Bitter" seems fine. I don't have either of the two downwards words that cross its path. And the first "t" makes sense with what I've got of 5d.

Danke f�r Ihre Hilfe. Or something along those lines!

[novalis]

Gar nichts zu danken mein Herr.

[pedestrian]

Cheers. Although I did have to fly to an online translator to decipher that one!