Cryptic overlaps

PORPOISE (double definition with sound-alike “purpose”)

Your choice starts with a vote (6)

never mind

SELECT? (S+elect?)

correct.

SELECT (S + elect)

++++

Silent twirling Christmas decoration (6)

TINSEL (anagram)

+++++

Mollusk has record time tied up in Knotts. (6)

LIMPET (lp + time anagram, not sure about the Knotts)


Constituents met hostile spirit of the age (5)

 
PS:

Thanks!

ETHOS […mET HOStile… (Container)]

+++++

'O kiss the witness awkwardly to receive your just desserts. (7 8)

Stetson Whiskies?

No, but that made me laugh!

HOSTESS TWINKIES (anagram of Stetson whiskies)

+++++

The callipygian lady sounds like she has the keys to the kingdom. (7)

Let me make it a little easier.

The callipygian lady sounds like she has the keys ta the kingdom. (7)

I want to say KIESTER, but I’m more used to it spelled as KEISTER.

Blame my Germanic spelling preferences; go ahead and say kiester.

Also, take the next turn.

He did his time in 9 years with pest control company. (8)

He did his time in 9 years with pest control company. (8)

TERMINIX (Term + in +IX)

+++++

Taxman hung fanciful polysaccharide (7, 3)

XANTHAN GUM (taxman hung anagram)


Temporarily observed at Greenwich (8)

MEANTIME (double meaning)

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Frosty dimes sort of ran Florence (7)

Medici (IC +DIME anagram)

++++

Licking the frosting off a cupcake is a gamble (6)