Cryptic overlaps

Abandoned mine taken over by single Indian.(8)

SEMINOLE (S mine* OLE) asterisk means anagram

Famous person’s foot? (6)

LEGEND (leg end)


Insert upper limb into orientation, then lop off the end to make a French cop. (8)

GENDARME

(GEND + arm + ER, lop off the last R)

Lorenzo, my prescription isn’t nearly enough. (6)

MEDICI (Medicine - NE)

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Crucial problem at the end of war for flyer.(8)

CIRCULAR (anagram “crucial + r”)

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When gathering fruit amid the brambles, if you manage a gauche berry tally, you’ll “Git ‘er done.” (5, 3, 5, 3)

LARRY THE CABLE GUY (anagram of “gauche berry tally”)

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No lady, a different lady!(7)

YOLANDA (“No lady a” anagram)


That electronic duo is absurd, you hoodlum. (4, 4)

DAFT PUNK

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The top of the arch that is Pennsylvania. (8)

Keystone

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Calls out former allegations (8)

EXCLAIMS (double meaning)

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Lisa’s design gets Virginia to drool.(6)

SALIVA (Lisa’s + V)


Old Dominion general turns out to be a bum. (7)

VAGRANT

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Variable power (3)

…TAU?

No, but you seem to be on the right track.

…NTH?

Well done. Take it away!

I actually think 3-letter answers are much harder to get right.


Thanos: “Om dies horribly” to inventor. (6, 6)

THOMAS EDISON (anagram of “Thanos Om dies”)

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The sorceror from Rome can reckon on it not being OK.(11)

Word. I don’t mind admitting that I was somewhat fiendishly proud of that one. :grin:

Nocromancer (anagram ROME CAN RECKON - OK)

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Cheesy toast is a singular act (7)