1. A male name followed by the cave reveals someone who was squished.
2. She is close to the confused pronoun
3. A mother lived in a confused country, in the East.
4. His own greed was the reason for his downfall.
5. He made a pledge to the moon.
6. Put a pronoun in the middle of tiring jog in order to find him.
7. Her counsel shaped the future.
8. A confused star sign unearths a traitor's father.
9. He is abundant, and makes Santa laugh.
This one has a theme too, see if you can figure out what it is. Also, clues 4 and 7 have no cryptic elements.