Alignment?
Yup. Go.
Treebeard hiss sound inspires bassist. (9)
ENTWHISTLE (Ent + whistle)
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Pope might have been altogether set to meet, Hun. (2, 3, 3, 5)
Missed the edit window: TIL that John Entwistle didn’t use an “H” in his surname.
ENTWISTLE
Same follow-on clue.
Pope might have been altogether set to meet, Hun.
ST LEO THE GREAT (altogether set*)
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A circus where a ghost threatens to perform. (3, 8, 4, 2, 5)
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
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You better cross your heart! (6)
THREAT (T+heart)
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Rebuilt atrium is serving dessert.(8)
TIRAMASU (anagram)
Excellent dialogue is shrunk and moved up. (11)
Superceding?
I’m stumped on the follow-on clue, but I can’t resist a spelling correction: TIRAMISU.
The “Super” part is correct.
The overlap still works despite my misspelling.
Hint
The answer is a feature of typography
SUPERSCRIPT
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Winged finger entombed at old Eastern crypt (11)
PTERODACTYL (anagram)
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Hidden in the Book of Revelations (6)
Latent?
I am sure that’s it because the Book of Revelations is late in the NT (New Testament).
In lieu of a rebuttal, I’ll go with it.
Off LATENT:
Sycophants in essence reinvent our age. (9)
Thanks for the breakdown Biotop!
ENTOURAGE (hidden)
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FBI member didn’t start talking to the district attorney until it fit into his schedule.(6)
AGENDA (agent - t + DA)
Reindeer only uses “T” in Morse Code. (6)