yes...over to you

 

don't sit around (stand) you can't point with a closed fist = Standpoint (view)

The writer will shout about the passion.

 

(8 letters)

Yep, that's it she_el.

 

The writer - pen

will shout  - chant

about the passion...

 

Penchant

Did the Duke emerge from this battle flushed with success?

1 word 8 letters

Correct.

The Duke = Wellington

Waterloo = battle in which Wellington defeated Napoleon.

Flushed  = reference to loo

move to the right of Latvian city and find a parrot    (1 word, 10 letters)

Budgerigar ???

yes, over to you...

 

move = budge, city  = Riga, to the right = R