Dust in ruins = Nudist, + colon + y
( I just now noticed the colon)
Hot toy hogs can be reassembled into an Elder God. (3, 7)
YOG SOTHOTH (anagram of HOT TOY HOGS)
Cite Yodh and 'twill be understood;
Even when He’s bad He’s good. (8)
THEODICY (anagram)
+++++
Rotten lyrics end in the cans (9)
CYLINDERS (lyrics end anagram)
Tarts were thrown into ledger of a German news magazine. (3, 7)
Der Spiegel (anagram PIES[tarts] + LEDGER)
++++
Progressive gibberish at one’s fingertips. (7)
Progressive gibberish at one’s fingertips. (7)
LIBERAL (I’m guessing an anagram of braille)
+++++
Opal ground dog food (4)
Braille = correct
Alpo (anagram OPAL)
+++++
Business end of dock worker’s boot speaks a new word (11)
Business end of dock worker’s boot speaks a new word (11)
PORTMANTEAU (Portman toe)
+++++
I joined bizarre agoraphobia cult (this actually happened to me!) (16)
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (I + agoraphobia + cult)
I’m such a lug. I lack the the ability to look back and find a Roman emperor. (8)
CALIGULA (A LUG I LAC reversed)
Madame Pepperwinkle just loves Louis’s westerns. (1’5)
L’Amour
+++++
E=mc2 yields 931.5 MeV when you ruin2 an atomic mass unit. (7)
URANIUM (ruin AMU anagram)
+++++
The mule has kicked that old guy (10)
METHUSELAH (anagram of THE MULE HAS)
Hello, Sailor! (4)
How does the square of ruin fit in?
I am guessing because ruin is used twice, both as the required hint of an existing anagram AND as part of the anagram itself.
Fair enough. Thanks for the explanation.
In play off METHUSELAH:
Hail? (Alan Hale of Gilligan’s Island played a sailor)
AHOY?
Aye, aye, matey.
off AHOY:
+++++
Is said to take advantage of trees. (4)