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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. TV newscaster in ranch ordeal (6)
-2. Messed up rug with the Spanish oatmeal (5)
-3. Fool failing to eat mint before shower (12)
-4. Harrowing, infinite, gripping realism, at first (5-7)
-5. American in Mexico having to smile and vamoose (6)
-6. Quiet! One fellow's a witch doctor (6)
-7. See again, I hear, and speak from memory (6)
-8. In the middle of morning on the third of August (5)
-9. Delighting in lipstick, lingerie (8)
-10. Audibly shut up raspy-voiced fashion lover (12)
-11. In France, good God! - liquor and instrument for beatniks (5,4)
-12. Companion in foreign sector (6)