1: Pair are only a short distance from the dance (3-4)
5: Theme eradicated partly by an eastern ruler (5)
7: Fool to join recital (3)
8: Maid Marian - half American (9)
9: Man, what an avant-garde US artist! (3)
10: Comic Viking bombs fish (5)
12: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)