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These have all been created by a variety of well-known constructors. There may be one or two that we might question, but they're still fun. Please explain all answers.

-1. Diner tries to keep still (5)
-2. Cook to be capturing a king (4)
-3. Odd-looking beasts stay supple with exercise (10)
-4. Performed reflective melody with punch (7)
-5. Wearing gun in lining, for example (7)
-6. Hope for a steeple (6)
-7. One tabloid insinuating this writer has a hallucination (6)
-8. Blue fellow knocks back rum in San Francisco (5)
-9. Quarantine one, very far behind (7)
-10. Mum involved with one small religion (9)

8. smurf

Blue fellow - direct

mur - rum knocked back
in sf
s(mur)f

1. Diner tries to keep still (5)

inert - hidden word

6. aspire (hope)
A spire=a steeple

7. One tabloid insinuating this writer has a hallucination (6)

mirage - a hallucination

1 rag - 1 tabloid

me - this writer
insinuating - container ind.

All perfectly done!

9. I/so/late

3. platypuses - odd looking beasts
( exercise = stay supple - anagram)

2: B ak(ing) E (ind = capturing)

Yes to all!

4. sangria

performed = sang
melody = air
reflective = reversal ind.

10. Mum involved with one small religion (9)

sh = mum (quiet!)
into = involved
i = one
sm = small

Shintoism (where you cross your shins and contemplate?)

5. Packing (double def)? - But if correct not sure what "for example" adds.

Cheryl and Denis

Lex, try again. It's not a double def.

5. eroding

for example = eg
lining = container ind.
gun = rod + in

Nailed it!