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Lengthen sentence by adding new period on top of original (8)

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Going crazy once oil’s found! (8)

English officer initially tackling Islamic State comes to settle (8)

COL ON IS E

Lice soon annoyed people (8)

`people` as a verb

Take non-MAGAS from iron, Mn, gas, coal zone. Fantastic - Trump’s strategy emerges perhaps. (8)

Take = R
MAGAS = Make America Great Again
Definition = moving voters to an area of critical importance

Aristo - we know it’s not your cup of tea - but it was a a wonderful excuse to use COLONIZE in this fashion!

ss: I don’t mind anagrams, especially if they’re particularly clever. They’re just not my favorite. Subtractives are perfectly OK, but ghost anagrams (indirect) are an abomination.

Put down roots west of the Zambezi, no locals involved (8)

Take over (by ants?) after eclosion explosion. (8)

One senile octopus’s shenanigans; sadly, POTUS seen withdrawing. Chaotic takeover expected. (8)

Nod to your November elections , Aristo.
Hope you get the right result 🤞

Conquer hearts of varicoloured denizens (8)