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Find me in water, I'm mostly grey.
At the Spanish South I am red.
Coming down from the sky, I'm a lizard,
And notably worn on the head.

I am a star with rays that are straight.
Near a crystal river lies my key.
On reflection, my style is emo.
A Caesar directed me.

What am I?
Please explain each line in your answer.

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Find me in water, I'm mostly grey.

mullet - a fish, the grey mullet is common

At the Spanish South I am red.

red mullet - found in warm seas, notably the Mediterranean

Coming down from the sky, I'm a lizard,

land mullet - a large lizard of the skink family, to land is to come down from above

And notably worn on the head.

mullet - an embarrassing hair style, see Bono or Bowie

I am a star with rays that are straight.

In heraldry a mullet is a star with straight-sided rays

Near a crystal river lies my key.

Mullet key - a historic island near Crystal River, Florida.

On reflection, my style is emo.

Tellum - a reverse mullet, short at the back, considered an emo style

A Caesar directed me.

Mullet - an Australian film directed by David Caesar

Title: Think Deeply About It

Sounds like mull (think deeply) over it

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  • $\begingroup$ Yep, great work Tom! My intention for the second line was slightly different but this is close enough to get the checkmark. Spot on with everything else. $\endgroup$
    – hexomino
    Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 21:09
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    $\begingroup$ I'm guessing line 2 concerns this since 'south' in Spanish is 'sur'... $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 22:10
  • $\begingroup$ @Stiv, that's it! I wouldn't have got this though did think of the Spanish south. What a fish:) $\endgroup$
    – Tom
    Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 22:28
  • $\begingroup$ Irrelevant, but when I was young I tried to fish in a harbour in which you could plainly see the first answer, but they were never caught by the hook - well done them. $\endgroup$
    – Tom
    Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 22:36
  • $\begingroup$ Damn, nicely done. The last line led me on a red-fish search through Roman Polanski films. $\endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Commented May 1, 2020 at 9:04

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