Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[seand]

Eat pizza by the slice? California region variation is not for you! (7)

[Guy Profumo]

Is "eat pizza by the slice" a thing?

[ursus arctos]

Absolutely in NYC (and many Italian cities).

[ad hoc]

Notably Rome. Hence the clue

[S. aureus]

Here too, though the pizza quality tends to be rather dodgy (I'm sure you can get decent stuff if you look around in the city).

[DCI Harry Batt]

"eat pizza by the slice" is a thing everywhere, yes.

[Capybara]

I'm sure it's a thing, but is it an actual expression that is used (I'd never heard of it)?

[ad hoc]

Pizza by the slice seems to be the standard translation of the Roman "pizza al taglio".

The eat bit was my addition

[ursus arctos]

May be a US/UK thing, then.

Extremely common here, to the extent there are neon signs, etc.

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[San Bernardhinault]

It's a pretty New York thing. Outside of New York, most US places who sell pizza by the slice seem to market it as "New York Style". That's not to say it's uncommon - it's very common - but it is considered to be New Yorkish. Generally other types of pizza are served whole.

[S. aureus]

I'm not sure that I can imagine eating a Chicago style pizza slice in the same way.

[seand]

Eat pizza by the slice? California region variation is not for you! (7)

Anyway.....

- - L - - - (7)

[Duncan Gardner]

Free hot calzone TV production suggests new-found devotion to volte face? (4,2,3,7)

[Reality Checkpoint]

Zeal of the convert: terrorists beheading a frogman? Crazy! (6-7,4)

[Reality Checkpoint]

_ _ _ D _ _ - _ _ _ N _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

[Reality Checkpoint]

_ _ _ D _ _ - _ _ _ N _ _ _ / _ _ N _

[irony towers]

By deduction, FBI name a suspect from revolutionary Baader-Meinhof Gang (5)

[irony towers]

_ _ _ D _

[S. aureus]

A follower of the stars, the prophet leads the horde, changing direction to the North (5,6)

[S. aureus]

A follower of the stars, the prophet leads the horde, changing direction to the North (5,6)

_ _ S _ _ / _ _ L _ _ _

[S. aureus]

A follower of the stars, the prophet leads the horde, changing direction to the North (5,6)

_ _ S _ _ /H_ L _ _ N

[S. aureus]

A follower of the stars, the prophet leads the horde, changing direction to the North (5,6)

M _ S _ _ /H_ L _ _ N

[S. aureus]

A follower of the stars, the prophet leads the horde, changing direction to the North (5,6)

M _ S _ _ /H_ L D _ N

OK, I'm sure the answer won't be familiar to anyone, but wikipedia-able. Maybe the wordplay is too cryptic for that obscure an answer? Or maybe just a crap clue.

[Duncan Gardner]

Moses Holden to eschew ultimate cocaine (4)

MOSES/HO<L>(r)DE/N

Aye, a bit too hard without all those extra clues

[ad hoc]

Neat CIA snow set-up leads to well known laws (5,6)