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Forsaken fool is one ignoring special edition (8)

[fool = [DES(S)ERT]

Sheeran embraces Irish TV broadcaster after O’Connor left in the lurch (8)

[DES … E(RTE)D]

Left alone, Buck takes in second young tearaway (8)

Balls up deters loony left (8)

Ed (rev) + anag; for a down clue

Not sure if that needs a hyphen: Balls-up

Great Victoria followed by Edward, vacuous and derelict (8)

Great Victoria desert in Oz + E(dwar)D. Wikipedia tells me King Edward followed Queen Victoria (by all accounts he was a perfectly fine king - not intending to offend any of his big fans).

Fallen dead trees destroyed an acre of lawn, we hear (8)

Fallen - anagrind
Destroyed an acre (a)
Lawn - lorn

Betrayed, stressed out journalist abandoned ship (8)

......either way, endeavour to catch saint atop queen, should be abandoned (8)

Cast rest in performance of Home Alone? (8)