Sorry for my tardiness. Yes, Knowed_Out, the thread belongs to you. The breakdown was (A headless robot played = b-ENDER’S GAME/ with a book of cards = Orson Scott Card wrote the book “Ender’s Game”).
Did you hear the one about Ms. Ryan, in the style of a crime boss, became a giant shark? (9)
Megalodon (sound alike: Meg ala don)
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Ten holy saints came together furtively. (2,3,3)
ON THE SLY (anagram)
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Part of an oily solvent used to clean.(5)
LYSOL (hidden word)
Wild ConCatenations (4)
LYNX (wildcat - links)
Not sure if I wanted to solve that one considering what is left to work with.
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Coleridge’s lyrics were a rush job.(6)
Coleridge’s lyrics were a rush job.(6)
XANADU (DDef Samuel Coleride and Rush song)
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Where you might get the dirt on standup comic. (7)
DUSTPAN (standup anagram)
Energetic DiFranco married. (8)
Energetic DiFranco married. (8)
ANIMATED. (Ani + mated)
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TV Actor deliberated mystery. (5, 6)
EDDIE ALBERT (anagram of “deliberated”)
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Advance publicity. What a drag!(7)
Advance publicity/ what a drag!
Double meaning, starts with “T”, 7 letters
TRAILER
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Cowboy turbocharges a battery. (5, 8)
Roger Staubach (turbochargers + a)
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Explode as a hailstone might do (3,3,4)
How about:
Explode in anger as a hailstone that strikes your house does (3,3,4)
HIT THE ROOF (double meaning)
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Indiana Jones had the government take his Spanish gold.(6)
Fedora? (Double meaning? Hat evoked by IJ; fed + ora, however Spanish word for gold is oro, so maybe not)
You are correct Oly. I should probably brush up on my Spanish.
Off fedora:
Be in at ten. Dance afterwards. (10)
ATTENDANCE (hidden word)
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Either it reaches the African nation or it doesn’t.(7)
ERITREA (hidden word)
Merv gRiffin’s sidekick and teacher (8)