Maypoles, dead
We go round it quietly after dancers bury lumber (8,4)
MULBERRY BUSH ("bury lumber* + sh)
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Author Ron owns dead horse flies. (7, 8)
Sorry. I cannot count.
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Author Ron owns dead horse flies. (8, 8)
SHERWOOD ANDERSON (anagram of ‘Ron owns dead horse’)
Son driving out bee in bonnet uses iambic pentameter (6)
Is ‘Here we go round the mulberry bush’ commonly known outside the UK? I was wondering if the reference was too obscure.
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush is well known.
SONNET (bonnet - b + s)
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The piano I played came from Addis Ababa. (9)
ETHIOPIAN (anagram)
An idiot arrived in Belgian City. (7)
ANTWERP (AN + TWERP)
The mother of the River of the Doctor (4)
Pond?
(assuming this is a Doctor Who reference)
correct
Building off POND
Stale commercial about nymph (5)
Stale commercial about nymph (5)
DRYAD: (dry + ad)
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Seldom voluntarily or happily braved destruction. (6)
ADVERB (3 examples, anagram)
As an example of the Mandela Effect, ten bears in mockery. (10)
BERENSTAIN (ten bears in*)
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Mob never rioted after Halloween. (8)
NOVEMBER (anagram)
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I remember it reached 110 degrees inside the East African country.(7)
ERITREA (concealed)
All, but all, of these confused individuals carried a heavy red cane (4,3,5)
EACH AND EVERY (heavy red cane anagram)
Surrender produce (5)
YIELD (double meaning)
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A disoriented Mr. Radcliffe couldn’t believe what was before his eyes.(6)
DENIAL (anagram of daniel)
Mad mascot love for cream sauce. (7)
I think it’s ALFREDO, referencing Alfred E. Neuman, but not sure how o fits in. Perhaps half of XO?