Azed - Please Help To Parse

[JJ109]

16a Renegade concealing high explosive with rubber bag (8)
_ E (T) _ CULE.
A reticule is a bag, but I can't parse the rest. I am not 100% sure of the "T"

7d Points of view? Majority of forbears will have them with motors around. (7)
STA _ C _ S. Obviously STANCES but why? (something to do with antecedants?)

29a Mum's anti meat that's smoked and salted (5)
MACO _
Ma(mum) + con (anti) = Macon (bacon would fit the second part, is macon also something similar, in addition to being a wine?)

26d Result of holding all the best cards (ace oncluded)? They're of interest to palmist (5)
_ OLAE

9d Slid a label for art top to bottom (4)
ECO _
I think this is ECOD (art) "deco" with the top letter D placed to the bottom ECOD......but is it a word?

Many thanks

[aelmpvw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon_(food)

[scorpiojo]

Macon (Chambers) is smoked, salted mutton.

[depresion]

29a Macon is a cured and smoked form of mutton.

[scorpiojo]

Ecod (Chambers) - egad

[JJ109]

Thank you all for that one

[scorpiojo]

Almost an anagram of ancestors...

[Calibax]

Ecod = egad = 'slid (a mild oath)

[Calibax]

26d Volae (palms)
A in vole (in certain card games, all the tricks in one deal.

[vetuste_ennemi]

16D [HE]retic+ule

[JJ109]

Many thanks everybody - I learn something new every time I do this crossword!

[scorpiojo]

..anag Ascendants minus and (with)?

[Spoffy]

7d - STANCES with MOTORS placed outside ('around') produces MOST ANCESTORS ('Majority of forbears')

[JJ109]

Thanks Spoffy!
Thanks to Jo, v-e, Calibax, ael. depression, also