NUNCHUK
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Writer asleep with the fishes? (7)
Killroy
I guess that could work - but a quick Google search doesn’t show up any references for the word as a whole except a recent film by that name, which isn’t referenced in the clue.
My intended answer is a writer, which can be broken down into “a sleep” and “fish” - does that help?
Kipling (kip = nap, ling = a kind of cod)
There is no danger the clover is mixed up with the parsley. (6)
GARDEN (anagram)
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It’s sad when trophy wives waste away due to lack of hydrogen.(7)
Entropy (hidden word - h)
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Back up singers in REM may make an outcry (6)
YAMMER (REM may backwards)
Repeat unit mantra for vendor. (8)
MERCHANT
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Mr. Harrison’s lizard can be a tyrant.(13,3)
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Former computer maker Norman just makes things worse. (11)
Former computer maker Norman just makes things worse. (11)
EXACERBATES (EX + ACER + BATES)
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Inaccurate estimation before Laxalt’s primary endorsement. (11)
TESTIMONIAL (estimation + l)
Fifty enter alias and Stray Cats guitarist for stomach relief. (4, 7)
ALKA SELTZER (AKA + L, Brian Seltzer)
Tev, yeh; Topol, no. (4,6)
ZERO MOSTEL
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A Streetcar Named Desire made this drink a star.(6,6)
Correct, but his last name is “Setzer.” Fifty (L) also enters it to make “Seltzer.”
I think this must be STELLA ARTOIS, though it seems to me there are 3 ways to get “Stella” (the character in the play, the drink, and Latin for “star”) and only one way to get “Artois” (the drink), so I’m not 100% sure. Nevertheless, I’ll continue from there.
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I emphatically take an old fashioned drink, making chemical change (7)
I emphatically take an old fashioned drink, making chemical change (7)
ISOTOPE (I + SO + TOPE)
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Tenth flea powder formulation is one the most popular compositions directed towards those little ones. (5, 3, 3, 4)
PETER AND THE WOLF (anagram of TENTH FLEA POWDER)
The Post buried him on Page 26, informal ad. (7,3)
FLORIDA MAN (snipe by the NY Post against the former prez)
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Look at Iron Man, daring to take on a worthy opponent.(8)
MANDARIN (hidden word)
Injecting Nitrogen into paella ingredient will turn into Ankh-Morpork wizard. (9)
RINCEWIND (N+rice+wind)
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Your crazy argument won’t convince me that this Alaskan national park isn’t beautiful.(6)