Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[seand]

Surgery supremo went to France in '44 (9, 8)

- - - R - - - - N / - - - R - - - -

[Sean of the Shed]

Terrible fate that decided Operation Overlord must begin (4)

[Guy Profumo]

Victor von Doom found in this astonishing and wonderful venue, sir! (6,8)

And the boy Profumo counted out the letters this time!

[seand]

Seems like Maggie Thatcher's husband is played by Robert Downey Jr in the Marvel Universe! (4, 3)!

[Guy Profumo]

Pat lavishly changed and wed author of "The Iron Man".

(6,5)

[Artificial Hipster]

Chicks surround spinning top, far fetched Sylvia Plath plot found here (11)

[Artificial Hipster]

_ E _ _ O _ _ _ _ _ _

[Kevin S]

Basically going round Heptonstall in a vehicle (7)

[Kevin S]

Apologies for lack of letters. Let's tweak slightly.

Plainly going round Heptonstall in a vehicle (7)

_ _ _ I _ _ _

[Kevin S]

_ _ _ I _ L _

[irony towers]

That could have done with some 'container' indication, Kev.

Sleeper to make pirate copy of Vanilla Ice? (3,3,6)

[Artificial Hipster]

I've no idea but it's a great looking clue.

[Kevin S]

That could have done with some 'container' indication, Kev.

Ah, whoops. I'd assumed that 'going round' was both reversal and container. Sorry folks.

[irony towers]

_ _ _ / _ _ N / _ _ N _ _ _

[ad hoc]

Engineer having son writing "Rip Van Winkle" (10,6)

BTW not sure where "winkle" comes in your clue IT

[irony towers]

Vanilla Ice's real name is Robert Van Winkle.

[Artificial Hipster]

Starting several Washington Irving short stories on the spin is a piece of cake (5,4)

[Nefertiti2]

Yearning for a fluent Swiss Roll

(11)

[ad hoc]

Taking it easy feeling wistfulness about the bend in the toilet (8)

[seand]

Looking back there's no real harm in a lounging inebriate (6)

[ad hoc]

Being more numerous than operations on a benign tumour (12)

[Kevin S]

They're outnumbered in a cruel irony, Tim (8)

P.S. should it have been *less* numerous?

P.P.S. I've just realised that I've not used the actual answer. Arses, And so *more* numerous is indeed correct. Apologies. Just pretend all this isn't here.

[Kevin S]

Ffs I can't believe I then put 'outnumbered' instead of outnumbering AGAIN. I was dead chuffed with the second one as well.

[seand]

Outnumbering the opposition in the middle by withdrawing a fake number (5, 4)

[seand]

Yorkist king oddly outnumbered, disguised to appear as a Lancastrian (7,6)

Jayzus Kev, it's 12 letters and it's an anagram! ;-)