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Ah thanks JG .

14a. Rub out round empty fence causing uproar
BROUHAHA

22d. Ti(r)ed
DRAWN

17a. Ruling on issue of noise
SONIC

Parses for the above please.

14 anagram RUB
empty for O? not convinced, but the "round" is needed to place it, and otherwise "empty" would have no function
a HA-HA is a fence in a ditch, intended to keep animals out of posh gardens without spoiling the view

17a SON is the issue
IC must be `in command` or ` in charge`

22d both `tired` and `tied` mean drawn

Thanks for the help again.
Never heard of ha-ha before and it's an interesting definition. Cheers

1d. He visits halls and barracks
HECKLER

26a. Extremely useful footballer
WINGER

9a. Match gold leaving hot line fifth-rate
EQUATE

Parses for the above please.

9 Equate, match.

Equator - hot line, drop the Or, gold (common in crosswords) and add E, fifth rate (after , B...I

The first two are both cryptic definitions. Barack as a verb and not the noun which is suggested by hall. Wingers play on the extremes of the pitch.

Ok understood...thanks very much for the help.