Almost a Brit Xword...

The first three of these are already posted as part of ===[**CDM**]===, but I thought they and the additional related clues might also amuse some of you who may not frequent that particular thread.

1. Writer glad aeroplane crashed (5,5,3) - Edgar Allan Poe

2. New party starts to hunt aggressively (5) - raven

3. Navy constantly increasing as 1's 2 said (9) - nevermore

4. Regret finding gourmet mostly mutilated in scene of 1's 5 (3,6) - Rue Morgue

5. Kills returning sister with electronic instrument (7) - murders

6. 1's 7 Ted heard is horrible (3,5) - Red Death

7. What's central to surrealism as questionable court entertainment in Tudor times (6) - masque

8. Took finely mashed cut of meat for energy (9) - purloined

9. Landlord 8 from 1 (6) - letter

...and one extra unrelated clue to make a round number and lower the tone:

10. A degree of role reversal by composer: nothing should precede wind section intro (8,2,4) - Bachelor of Arts

I look at the crossword thread every day but mostly never understand anything I see there .

1. Edgar Allan Poe (glad aeroplane anagrammed)

I'll try my luck with.....

4. Rue Morgue - Rue(regret) + anagram gourmet(t)-t (mutilated)

Both on target, and keep looking OB

Hints added

3. N-ever-more

6. Red Death
7. Masque

2. raven (hunt aggressively)
party = rave
(n)ew start

8. purloined

pureed(finely mashed, replacing 'e' for energy) + loin

All on the money!

Additional hints added for the last couple

5. murders

sister - sr
electronic - e
instrument - drum
returning - murders

Another one bites the dust!

10. Bachelor of Arts

role reversal - elor
composer - bach
nothing - o
wind - f*rt
section intro - s

...and another one gone, so just one more to go: come in number nine, your time is up!

I'm pretty sure this is "lessor" but I can't come up with the justification

I'm thinking it's "letter" - as in The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allen Poe

Correct michele, and thanks for finishing it off

Ahhhh...I see. I didn't pick up on the whole theme thing