Cryptic overlaps

EARLYBIRD SPECIAL (worm catcher, limited supplies)

It’s in the style of flash foe to sieze the king - good reason to be on the alert! (8)

ALARMING (ala + R + Ming)

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Happy to have an infantryman in charge (8)

Hint: Double meaning incorporating a common slang term for infantryman.

Hint2: Happy / to have an infantryman in charge :: Answer / puzzle words

Grunting?

Is it GRUNTLED?

Correct

Skunkdog, I think you should take the next one. I would not have gotten it without your guess.

We need to share good music acts. (2,7)

Is it ED SHEERAN?

Yes. Your puzzle Oly!

Red ant on the veranda leads to hyperbolic outburst (4,3,4)

RANT AND RAVE (r + ant + veranda)


Cute Larvas mingle by Golden Ticket winner. (6, 4)

VERUCA SALT (anagram)

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About gelato: It spawns your other you. (5,3)

ALTER EGO (Re: gelato anagram)


Yellowish polyp adds red and becomes buffet restaurant chain. (6, 6)

GOLDEN CORRAL (yellowish=golden + coral+ R)

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Nerdy kid with hairlip almost shoots his eye out (7)

Incorrect autocorrect corrected version:

Nerdy kid with harelip almost shoots his eye out (7)

Nerdy kid with harelip in A Christmas Story almost shoots his eye out with a Red Ryder BB gun (7)

RALPHIE (anagram)

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Garden painter’s Honeycomb is rush order. (10, 5)

Hieronymus Bosch (anagram)


Round out choral with one appearing different in reflection. (6)