Cryptic Clues

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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. Comfortable with energetic racket (5-2)
-2. Faces bit of stress after laid-back introduction (5)
-3. Suggest writing half of poem in prose (7)
-4. Rejected hair covering, bored with curls (10)
-5. Child is normal kid brought up to embrace adult (5)
-6. She's surrounded by destruction - she shrieks (7)
-7. Thin, small mass contains large one (4)
-8. Pole box (4)
-9. Two fools at home - that's criminal (8)
-10. Fish a gull has to catch (4)

3. Propose (half of poem = po with anag. prose = suggest)

Bernie

9. 2 asses (fools) who are in (at home) -> assassin

8. spar (double def)

2. dials

laid reversed + s (bit of stress)

Great jobs!

1. Lived-in = comfortable - live (energetic) + din (noise/racket)

6. She's surrounded by destruction - she shrieks (7)

she shrieks = banshee (direct)
she surrounded by bane (destruction) = ban(she)e

Both good!

10. shag (hidden word)

Yes!

7. S+L+I+M

Ugh, four letters, four cryptic parts.

You nailed it, esube!

5. bairn

normal = n
kid = rib
brought up = reversal ind.
embrace = cont. ind.
adult = a

Yes!

Just to tidy up, #4 is tendrilled = with curls - ten (rejected/reversed hair covering/net) + drilled (bored)

Nicely done, Lex!