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Thanks, Quisling, there have been several unsatisfactory clues on this thread recently, but this one really was the shoddiest. You're more generous than I am - you described the definition as 'sketchy', I'd simply class it as wrong! The surface reading was grim, the clue seemed just a collection of words strung together.

Bharat, I'm pleased that you feel you are learning things from the Forum. As a keen crossworder, I appreciate good, well-written clues - and am always disappointed when clues fall short, as some of these ones do.

Thanks Quisling and Malone. The answer SCOPE OUT is correct and it was correctly parsed by Quisling as intended by the setter. I am not an expert to comment on the clues. But I learn from you about the quality of the clues posted by me. Thanks

Please help me in parsing / solving this cryptic clue -
"Release animal as Shri ordered (9)"

I thought of DISCHARGE as it means release and also contains SHRI, but unable to parse the remaining letters CAGED. So I didn't pursue with Discharge.

Please help me with the above clue

Thanks for the update, Bharat. In a way, I hope there aren't many people doing these clues - a setter choosing to make Scope Out equal Master is a little worrying!

The animal is a feline, plus an anagram of as shri, so the definition is release, emotionally, a noun

Thanks Quisling for the nice parsing. Could get the answer.

Quisling, well done on getting that one so quickly.
Bharat, that latest clue was a lot better!

Please help me in parsing / solving this cryptic clue -
"Palanquins having hole raised in diocese after bishop departs (4,6)"

This is pretty obscure, Bharat. It’s a Latin term for what happens when a bishop departs from a see. Typically used of the Pope.

The wordplay gives a four-letter word for a hole, usually underground, where bats might live, inside a six-letter plural of a word for palanquins which is often follows by chairs.

The phrase is normally used in the ablative, not as the clue specifies, but I’m sure that’s what is required. If Latin’s not your thing I’ll happily tell you what I think the answer is.

Thanks Quisling for the brilliant parsing. I get sede.vacans from your parsing. But when I googled, I got Sedes Vacans or Sede Vacante. Please confirm the word sede vacans is correct or not. If not please tell the correct answer.