Possible Clues:

• Parodist’s poem Lorna revised
• Satirist from US city poor men abandoned
• One taking off criminal on parole grabbing maiden
• Satirist's extraordinary moral pressure — one's impressed
• One setting off squib damages room panel
• Parodist performing in Palermo resort
• One satirising plan more ludicrously, with nothing in it
• Hit on river, one right for satirist
• Satirist hit hard, getting despicable about north-east
• Parodist makes light, at first, of heavy blow