These are The Boys characters. I'm missing one of them, and can't seem to figure it out. (Not too bad, considering I'd never before heard of The Boys.
:-))
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2. QUEEN(-I)* MA* EVE
3. HOM(ELAND)ER
4. S(TAR*)LIGHT
5. ATRAI* N_
6. LAM(PLIGHT)ER*
7. ROBIN WARD< (Did you mean to clue "Aunt Broin is confused about deficit" perhaps?)
8. P.O. P_C< _LAW (with thanks to El-Guest for pointers in this direction)
9. T(HEDE*)EP<
10. TRANSLUCENT*