ONSIDE (hidden word)
State when you were directed backwards and became cognizant of it. (8)
DELAWARE (LED [reversed] + AWARE)
Buttons performed censored (8)
Buttons performed censored (8)
REDACTED (Red + acted)
+++++
New York mayor choked badly (2, 4)
ED KOCH (anagram of choked)
Bale on Thomas Beckett (9)
“Becket”.
CHRISTIAN (double definition)
Haphazard alert drowns north horn. (6)
A(N)TLER (alert anagrammed around N)
+++++
Guitarist with blind faith could undergo narcoleptic attack (4, 8)
ERIC CLAPTON (anagram)
Katrina city could be fresh or inclining. (3, 7)
New Orleans (new or leans)
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No, I don’t see a tumor, silly goose! (8)
Whoops. I f’ed up a bit. Should be this:
No, see, I’m telling you, it’s not a tumor, silly goose (8)
A word that describes being silly and/or goose like is the answer.
Well, it’s ANSERINE, but I don’t know why.
Kris Kringle gets mixed up at Halloween and stalks children in the woods to their doom. (7)
Not anserine, but a synonymous adjective that sounds like something you might say about a malignant neoplasm, minus the letter C.
Anserous without the C. But I am still ready to play off Prof P’s clue if anyone has any ideas.
Erkling (anagram of KRINGLE)
+++++++++
Prepare fiancé at wedding (5)
Well, Erlking, but close enough.
GROOM (double definition)
+++++
Minestrone soup containing pepper is found everywhere (11)
GROOM (double meaning)
Double Oxygen and two grand figure into amount for co-leaser. (8)
ROOMMATE (OO + MM + RATE)
Why William shouldn’t play poker (4)
TELL
+++++
Nice lox says it all (7)
OMNIPRESENT
I won’t set a new clue as Oli has just set one.