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Residue of refining plants around city (8)

plants = mosses

Moles SAS turn into sweet stuff? (8)

Extract showing behaviour of lions lead by donkeys (8)

Syrup of some salts will synthesize after taking temperature down (8)

One Lass, Two Lasses, Mo-.re Lasses, Man-y-Lasses. Declension is a sticky matter (8)

May I claim the credit for the first appearance of this TheaCratic clue?

Cheers T

Some confused about a girl that's dark and a bit thick (8)

Hm. Can’t I just pick all of them? Some nifty touches in paul @2 (so true) and 10, mattrom’s mo @9, dorrien @11 and 12 (“the end” is endearing), fiery’s measles shot @18, kt’s inept salesrooms @19, bigbad @26… Oh, heck, every entry has something nice. Although I thought “origins” should be “origin” at first, I suppose it works, so I’m going with peterm’s sweetmeat @16:

Rum origins of Spooner's vulgar people (8)

The prize, stranger than fiction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iDK9dk2AEI

And yes, penda, you may claim the credit!

Thanks, folks!

Congratulations PeterM, excellent clue.

Thanks Aristo, I'd heard of the molasses flood but never investigated it - a surreal but very nasty disaster and yes I would imagine it had everything to do with prohibition!

Congrats, peterm - I thought that was a winner when I saw it!
That's a bit of history that passed me by, aristo - thanks.

Well done Peterm - thanks Aristo - I think the clip belongs in the `couldn`t make it up ` category.