Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Duncan Gardner]

Some grand oversight near Newbury (7)

[Guy Profumo]

“Night” - a song from an Andover band? (4,5)

[Duncan Gardner]

Start with the single Wild Thing before finishing with guitar hero (3,4)

[irony towers]

A Hollywood director introduced The Edge of Reason to gutted, war-torn venue where OTFers may gather soon (10,4)

[irony towers]

Grr, I'm trying to use spoiler tags and it's still displaying what I'm trying to conceal.

To try to make it less spoiler-ish yet not unfair, some particular knowledge, available on this site, is relevant to the clue.

[Guy Profumo]

[Spoiler]

Like this

[/Spoiler]

Or like this?

(Worth knowing, thanks!)

[irony towers]

_ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

[irony towers]

A Hollywood director introduced The Edge of Reason to gutted, war-torn venue where OTFers may gather soon (10,4)

_ _ _ _ R _ _ _ N _ / _ _ _ N

[Duncan Gardner]

Where Atherstone Town pull up trees- want gilt? (7,6)

[ad hoc]

Gheorghe Hagi on his way along Watling Street, for example? (5,4)

[Duncan Gardner]

A Roman Road always necessarily leads to Ayrshire island (5)

[Guy Profumo]

Yarn spun across the middle of Arran? (6)

[Guy Profumo]

(and it's Buteshire in "proper money" kiddo)

[Guy Profumo]

_ _ R _ _ _

[Guy Profumo]

_ _ R I _ _

[Duncan Gardner]

(and it's Buteshire in "proper money" kiddo)

I briefly had a job at Prestwick Airport and commuted from Kilmarnock. Not saying it was dull, but we were living in Ayrshire

[Guy Profumo]

_ T R I _ _

[Guy Profumo]

Nobody attempting to make a forbidden bet on this then?

[irony towers]

They shop around; I get Introduction to String Theory (10)

[irony towers]

Was it that Ar_an is 'spun across the middle of Arran', hence knitwear -> yarn?

Aran Islands knitwear describes its product as "Comfortable, cosy, luxurious, warm, woollen, knitted, patterned, intricate, authentic, stylish, designer and textured." "Stringy" appears to be outwith its lexicon.

[Guy Profumo]

Was it that Ar_an is 'spun across the middle of Arran', hence knitwear -> yarn?

Aran Islands knitwear describes its product as "Comfortable, cosy, luxurious, warm, woollen, knitted, patterned, intricate, authentic, stylish, designer and textured." "Stringy" appears to be outwith its lexicon.

The String / String Road runs across the middle of Arran

[Capybara]

Confused loveless hypothesis not the American old king (8)

[irony towers]

Rock's revolution started here: foot of hill, with Sisyphus' task in store? On the contrary! (4,1,7,5)

[Duncan Gardner]

Intro to Like a Rolling Stone? No spare change for classic Italian (4,7)

[irony towers]

Historian recording Lars Porsena's conquest of Rome, plundered and overturned, in distinctive uniform (6)