Possible Clues:

• It's exotic to all sides today
• Unfamiliar rule written by enemy, detailed
• Overturning of a rule that's unfamiliar
• Strange
• and 10: Could be varlet going abroad?
• Upsetting of rule by monarch from abroad
• Strange France initially overturned monarchy
• Extraneous
• Soldier back at the front — tasteless pretension matters overseas
• Forefinger wagging ref expressed as not appropriate