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1. Subordinate theme (7)
2. Bird doctor goes round to object (5) D-B--
3. A shield cut in chosen form (9)
4. Example of fashionable intellectual aptitude (8)
5. Formally dressed Italians lacking a change (2,5)

5 in tails - anag of Italians minus A

4. In stance - instance ?

1 SUBJECT
2 D EMU R

3 SCUTCHEON (anag)

More accurately it's CUT in anag of CHOSEN