Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[irony towers]

Cryptically indicated empty, grey gasworks where Masterminds gather (8)

_ G _ H _ _ D _

[ad hoc]

Eggheads are absent, hiding in wastepaper baskets (7)

[irony towers]

Stereotype of boffins befuddled when round bend? Yes! (2,6,8)

[ad hoc]

Dr Bunsen Honeydew's assistant goes around the lab (left and right) in order to do a very punishing task (4-7)

[seand]

Ball breaker gets upset round Irish mothers. O Christ- not right! (14)

[seand]

Ball breaker gets upset round Irish mothers. O Christ- not right! (14)

- - - O - - - - C - - - - (14)

[irony towers]

Tenants unclothed male sadomasochist, say, blowing male to the sound of Metallica (5,7)

[ad hoc]

Don't really understand the wordplay, so I'm guessing...

Much-loved violent TV sidekick joins W.I. "Enter Sandman" singalong (6,8)

[irony towers]

You're there, ad hoc.

Tenants unclothed = (r)ENTER(s)

a male sadomasochist might be an S AND M MAN, blowing/losing an M (perhaps 'striking' would have been more apt for the vignette).

[Duncan Gardner]

Dennis Waterman's wife's allure sank, sadly (4,6)

[Guy Profumo]

Where Rula Lenska found ill foes? (4,7)

[Guy Profumo]

(and didn't they get divorced?)

[ad hoc]

Yes, and he was physically abusive to her. "national treasure"

[Duncan Gardner]

Rock Follies in the Black Hills of South Dakota (5,8)

ps I meant to refer RL as DW's ex-wife. Apologies

[Capybara]

Mount Rushmore man ends by knocking over the stumps, drinking 36 pints, and going on strike? (3,3,7) or (3-3,7)

[irony towers]

Strike first, drop quickly to 5 at ten-pin bowling venue in well-heeled part of Lancashire (6,6)

[Duncan Gardner]

In Ribble Valley, her Oxford English Dictionary on the button (Missus ) (9)

(d)RIBBLE V/ALLEY

[Guy Profumo]

Got half the wordplay, but foxed on the rest of it.

I reclothe confused kid in Ribble Valley (9)

[Guy Profumo]

ARSE

[Guy Profumo]

Ayah not dropped in rubbish radio show starring Jimmy Clitheroe? (5,4)

[Guy Profumo]

_ _ N N _ / _ _ _ _

[ad hoc]

Northern archipelago explodes like Danny Ross (6,7)

[Guy Profumo]

Warty peas pa cooked in the Orkney Islands (4,7)

[Duncan Gardner]

Leaving Papa Westray, our plane banks to dream home by old stadium (8)

[ad hoc]

In PL (Ayresome Park) one dangerous force of northern reds (6,7,4)