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(My no. 10; just in case anybody’s not sure of the parse;)


“Me and Ian get thrown out for use of needles here”

ME IAN around RID

“thrown out” = RID

Acupuncture needles are placed along the body’s meridians.

What’s the point being stingy about free pig marrow? (8)

stingy: MEAN
free: RID
pig marrow: I

Mad Ugandan takes an unusual ride to Greenwich

Mad Ugandan = AMIN*

Unusual RIDE*

Main ride wrecks at highest point (8)

Somehow I mend air line (8)

[I note the first post is now “zero” so all subsequent post numbers have shifted by one. We’ve seen this happen before I recall.]

[goody gumdrops - I might stand a chance of winning😜]

I eliminate Scotsman with a .44, maybe (8)

Me rid Ian
Def. - .44 (Magnum gun)
Meridian - The size of type between two-line great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.

See queen and empress in the middle of climax (8)

ME(RI)DIAN

Or, king and emperor if that does it for you