>! These are _The Boys_ characters. I'm missing two of them, and can't seem to figure them out. (Not too bad, considering I'd never before heard of _The Boys_. `:-)`)

>! 1. 

>! 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](/users/50778/el-guest) for pointers in this direction)

>! 9. T(HEDE*)EP<

>! 10. TRANSLUCENT*