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These may very well be wrong but if not can anyone explain the parsing (or confirm they're incorrect)

A more dreadful male admitted being a fan (7) ADMIRER (fan)

60% of the applicants may be forthright (6)
CANDID (forthright)

A DIRER taking M in.

a direr with m(male) in it.

candid is 60% of candidates.

Excellent. Thanks guys.

Think this is correct but can't do the wordplay:-

Contemptible type, see, needing to take drugs regularly (5) LOUSE (contemptible type)

See: LO! Take drugs regularly: USE

Thanks again, I was nowhere near.

Also the letters USE appear regularly in the clue.

Last one -

Delay about joining a sports meeting (4) _A_A

GALA - A LAG backwards