GEPPETTO (‘peg’ backwards, then ‘pet to’)
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Gore starts a thread to say hi to this gem of a dearly departed poster (4)
OPAL (OP + Al)
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A lasting American memorial or another historical cover-up? (5)
ALAMO (initials)
You’d never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than this fracking mosey isle. (3, 6)
Not anagram. Reversal. Reversals of words that aren’t directly in the clue but are represented by a synonym are allowed under Ximenean guidelines.
Anagrams need to be in the clue itself to be Ximenean.
(The “upset” can be both an anagram clue and a reversal clue, especially if in a crossword the answer is a Down clue.)
Huh, we used to have a poster here called @Ximenean - never looked up the origin of it, didn’t realise it was to do with crosswords. Thanks!
MOS EISLEY (mosey isle*)
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Carl sounds not so old (5)
YOUNG (Jung)
Who’s next on the show? Formica, or the Japanese robot? (8)
Yeah, I remember him. I recall he was really into cryptic crosswords and it was the source of his board handle.
BTW, here’s some info on the term, including a link to the Wikipedia page on the original Ximenes.
Guesting?
The answer involves synonyms for “show” and “Formica” (not the plastic).
The theme music is one of the songs on this album.
Must be GIGANTOR (gig + ant + or)
I have never heard about it, but it looks cool.
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Insider info about Eric: He’s the most well heeled. (7)
RICHEST (Eric he’s the)
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Time to get on with one - a country (7)
ESTONIA (EST [Eastern Standard Time] + ON + 1 [= I] + A)
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Something huge happened before the current era, all at the same time (2,4)
AT ONCE (a ton, plus CE (common/current era))
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Roman goddes (sic) of agriculture takes cash (except euro) for special event (8)
CEREMONY (Ceres - s + money - e)
New Yorker enters lunkhead’s body looking for gemstone. (4)
ONYX (NY inside OX)
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They thought it was a marimba, but it wouldn’t sound the same. (9)
I think it must be XYLOPHONE, but I’m not fully parsing it I don’t think - is there a double meaning in there I’m missing?
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Truthfully, one hour with no style is torturous (8)
HONESTLY (h + no + style)
Cowardly Rock hides in caldera. (11)
[xylophone etymologically means “wooden sound”]
Duh - I knew that, just completely failed to pick up on “wouldn’t sound” in the clue - thanks!
YELLOWSTONE
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Yet always the greater (12)