Cryptic overlaps

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In lieu of confirmation, I’d say you’re up , BT

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Correct. Biotop is up. Sorry for the late confirmation.

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Ten cleanest broken arms. (9)

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TENTACLES (t + cleanest)

Coffee capital loses its energy; so goes vampire. (6)

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Hint

“Coffee capital” refers to the headquarters of a popular coffee chain.

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Lestat (Seattle - s; I got the Seattle part right away, but I know nothing about these vampire stories)

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I swear I sat for my own exam (6)

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ATTEST

Heterosexual moron makes message board (8, 4)

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STRAIGHT DOPE

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Step back for your fury friends (4)

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Hint: “Back” indicates what kind of puzzle it is.

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PETS (literally, step backwards)

Had me confused with the misspelled “furry”.

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Look for retribution after visiting South Carolina initially.(8)

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SCAVENGE (SC + avenge)

For a stratagem in InnerSpace, look for the zodiac sign. (6)

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Dang :man_facepalming: Sorry. I was wondering why that puzzle wasn’t crushed in short order. Guess I unintentionally complicated it.

GEMINI (hidden word)

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Ego in the United States is like hot lava (7)

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IGNEOUS (ego in US*)

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Gregarious computer operator is easy to get on with (4-8)

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User friendly (double meaning)

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Working back from the end, stale corpses really smell, then fall apart. (4)

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LYSE (took me a while as I’d never heard of the word, looked it up when I spotted it was spelled out by the last letters of “stale corpses really smell” in reverse - good one)

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A girl observed on the coast, as Spooner might have said (8)

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SEASHORE (she soar)

Jeweler supposedly has a single nostril. (7)

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Struggling with this one, I even tried to look up a term for having a single nostril, with no luck. Not got anything for the jeweler bit either - unless it’s an anagram of RATNER + I? Posting in case this might help someone else, and/or to get a hint please.

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I’ve got NARE for “a single nostril”.

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The “single” part isn’t that significant. The answer is a synonym for “nostril” that sounds like a synonym for “jeweler.”

I must confess I only found out about that word recently. It’s not a common word, but probably as common as LYSE.

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Thanks - I think you meant the answer is a synonym for “jeweler” that sounds like a synonym for “nostril” (to fit the overlap):

OREFICE

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Lacking energy, create stir in reversed YouTube short - sure thing (9)