Starts with “R”
Roadblock (may not be the answer but fits the clue)
The best I got is REDIRECTS.
ROSENBERG?
The answer is REJECTION (“R”+ejection [seat])
Pass
Off REJECTION:
After sleep family needs wipe (6)
Ah, I couldn’t get “rejected” out of my head (not enough letters), didn’t get it partly because I call it an “ejector seat” rather than “ejection seat” - no worries, I think you were unlucky there.
NAPKIN (nap + kin)
+++++
Light reading device? (6)
KINDLE
++++
There’s an actress who swam fairly well. (6)
There’s an actress who swam fairly well. (6)
ESTHER (anagram) Williams
+++++
There was a leftover rail used.(8)
RESIDUAL (anagram of rail used)
+++++
Gallery is not to be sneezed at (7)
ALLERGY (anagram)
Calls for Mr. Fieri to destroy that spelled out log for women’s health. (9)
9 or 10?
(counts with fingers) 10.
GYNECOLOGY (Guy + neco? + L-O-G spelled out)
+++++++
Whilst visiting an octopus’s garden, this is where we all live (6,9)
YELLOW SUBMARINE
+++++
I would be unchanged in a finer tiara.(7)
Finer tiara
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Derriere devotee helps? (6)
This is a better version:
Lend a hand to derriere devotee? (6)
ASSIST (I agree that’s better, as in the original, “helps” would lead one to “assists”. Love the concept, good one - although “ass-ist” could also indicate someone prejudiced against asses?)
+++++
“Que?” - famous Cleese line - or was it Palin, unexpectedly? (3, 7, 11)
THE SPANISH INQUISITION
+++++
Among the botanicals there is one flower that is the greatest sleuth: not the shy violet, nor the crocus, but the orchid. (4,5)
Nero Wolfe (anagram ONE FLOWER)
+++++
F’n diet stinks! (5)