Ellipsis-2

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Definition : BOLD
Wordplay : Italics with keywords underlined as well
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F6. Playfully, require nothing but ...(8)
 Require nothing but = Want only
wantonly = playfully

G6. ... convenience in game. (3)

convenience = loo which is also a game

H6. Rhode Island woman admitted into close circle ... (8)
Rhode island = RI woman = Di   close = mean

Me RI DI an   gives us meridian which is a circle

I6. ... knowing Katharina's daughter (6) Katharina( from Taming of the Shrew) = Shrew  
Daughter = D
Shrewd = Knowing

J6. This bean is put through the mill to make a drink ... (8)
anagram of 'this bean' is absinthe which is a drink

K6. ... taking two months to extract essence (6)
two months = Dec  and Oct
Together they form Decoct which is to extract essence

L6. Singular articles in long letter ... (6)
 singular = S
articles = creed
screed = long letter

M6. ... about wife, one first to be opened (9)
wife = W
about is container indicator ; hence "one first" must be placed around W.
one = UN
first here refers to the answer from the previous clue "screed"
so we have un scre w ed    giving us unscrewed = opened.

here, the ellipsis supposedly justifies the unusual usage of "first" as referring to the previous clue --tied to it by those dots!

 Here are a few more clues making use of those dots to achieve smoother reading.

A7.  Two players taking up Arabic lute ... (3) _ _ _
B7.  ... fast come to prefer flutes,etc (4,3,4)  _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ D
C7. Gruesome globe put in, in the middle of ... (6) _ O _ _ _ _
D7. ... Models of solar system - ie errors get made (8) _ R _ _ R _ _ _
E7. Hesitation in a right toff's reasoning ... (8) _ R _ _ _ E _ _
F7. ...can put up charge for fertiliser (7)  _ _ _ R _ _ E
G7. Pardoning a criminal that's responsible for producing notes...(5,5) _ R _ _ _ _ _ A _ _
H7. ... half hidden, mischievous but public-spirited (9) _ _ _ E _ _ _ S _

Jay