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1. Confused setter's headed west due to change in platform. Mixed up
This is presumably Mi (setter's headed west) followed by an anagram of due followed by p (platform) but that still leaves me with one letter (x) unaccounted for.
2. Damn banks cut bank activity. Fishing.
3. One failing to hold down good job in insurance. Loss adjuster
4. Cloud over. Rubbish that's smoke. Obscure
5. A phone company? Yes possibly. Moby
6. Sopranos against opening fancy media event. Press conference.

Many thanks in advance

2. Damn banks cut bank activity. Fishing.

Damn (an expletive) - FIG
Cut (of meat) - SHIN

Banks (inclusion indicator)

6. Sopranos against opening fancy media event. Press conference.


Fancy - PREFERENCE
Against - CON
Sopranos - SS

Fancy (anagram indicator)

1 It seems the platform referred to is (Windows) XP

23a Obscure (cloud) - 'o(ver)' + 'bs' (bullsh!t; rubbish) + 'cure' (smoke, as a ham eg)

pardon my French lol

Many, many thanks Mamya you're a champ! Pedantic, I know, but I do like to know why an answer is what it is. French duly pardoned (I've heard much, much worse!).

5. A phone company? Yes possibly. Moby


MOB (company) Y (yes)

. One failing to hold down good job in insurance. Loss adjuster

LOSER (holds) SAD (down) JUST (good)

Glad to help - hope they are clear.

That completes the set - thanks! I've never heard a mobile referred to as a moby - must be one of the setter Dean Mayer's all too frequent flights of fancy!