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German peacekeepers shy about returning? Bravo! (10)

G/UN/SLING/RE (rev.)

Head of Germany, Hitler's our surrogate, protective of diminutive appendage he's packing (10)

Hitler's our surrogate: UNSER
diminutive appendage: -LING (as in duckling)
he's packing: def (pack: to carry or wear a gun)

Weapons remain long after the one who brandished them. (10)

Weapons left in Germany turned into Billy or James perhaps (10)

One prepared for grueling shoot-out about a partnership? (10)

Tweak to 10

Comfy return to tarry for contestant (10)

Stay put after welcoming back hoodlum (10)

Crook Glenn Sturgis, exhausted, transitions to a villian

Another tweak:

Comfy return to tarry for contestant with deadly intention (10)

Tweaking 20

Arsenal player half-heartedly defends pitch, may put up a fight with Irons (10)

Irons=guns and also nickname for West Ham