Possible Clues:

• Outlandish 8-point letter about hearing aid?
• Involving striptease that's sexy, got stick for undressing
• Anything but ordinary
• Tropical, far-flung
• Different in an alluring way
• Striking quote about beast climbing
• 'Arrivederci' to xenophobe, holding up non-native
• Other-worldly?
• Income tax being incorrect, unhappy man's out striking
• Strange old sweetheart needs love, twitching