Repeat the Method to Solve the Clues

Question

Below, you will find a list of clues! Each clue has an answer that is no more than two words and is related to each other answer in a noticeable (albeit perhaps not immediately obvious) way. Discover the answers to the clues and their intricate relationships!

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Clues

• A bearlike whale
• Attire of an ancient, mysterious sorcerer
• "Cool pointer!"
• A blighted sort of metal
• One who expeditions through deep time
• Keeps using the same data
• Providing someone with assets, maybe
• Destroyer of subatomic particles
• Wrath of the mailman
• Once again, the mongrels choose to partake
• Doctors act like pigs
• The Lord of the Sound
• Weeps over grains
• One who takes good care of his money?
• The companions we have
• Deface a rotting body
• An indecent vegetable
• One who wets the bed
• Scampers all over
• An unpleasant idiot
• Intriguing symbols on an intriguing object
• The more voluptuous brother
• Pots of snails
• An old decision point
• Sounds like a spicy dish
• An area where certain clouds might form

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Hint:

There have been ones like this before, but this one is mine. It has its own, special letters and its own, special twist. Starting with a pattern similar to the ones like this is a good idea, but to solve the puzzle fully you'll have to figure out my own special gimmick.

Answer 1

All answers are

anagrams using the letters RECURSION + A-Z depending on the clue's place on the list.

A bearlike whale:

A- URSINE ORCA

Attire of an ancient, mysterious sorcerer:

B- RUNIC ROBES

"Cool pointer!":

C- NICE CURSOR

A blighted sort of metal:

D- CURSED IRON

One who expeditions through deep time:

E- EON CRUISER

Keeps using the same data:

F- RECURS INFO

Providing someone with assets, maybe:

G- RESOURCING

Destroyer of subatomic particles:

H- ION CRUSHER

Wrath of the mailman:

I- COURIER SIN

Once again, the mongrels choose to partake:

J- CURS REJOIN

Doctors act like pigs:

K- CURERS OINK

The Lord of the Sound:

L- SONIC RULER

Weeps over grains:

M- MOURNS RICE

One who takes good care of his money?:

N- COIN NURSER

The companions we have:

O- OUR CRONIES

Deface a rotting body:

P- RUIN CORPSE

An indecent vegetable:

Q- RISQUE CORN

One who wets the bed:

R-URIC SNORER

Scampers all over:

S- SCURRIES ON

An unpleasant idiot:

T- SOUR CRETIN

Intriguing symbols on an intriguing object:

U- CURIO RUNES

The more voluptuous brother:

V- CURVIER SON

Pots of snails:

W- COWRIE URNS

An old decision point:

X- SENIOR CRUX

Sounds like a spicy dish:

Y- CURRY NOISE

An area where certain clouds might form:

Z- CIRRUS ZONE

Answer 2

Partial answer, just to get the ball rolling and see if I am even on the right lines

These seem to be related to:

Keys on a keyboard

• A bearlike whale
• Attire of an ancient, mysterious sorcerer
• "Cool pointer!"

DOWN ARROW (or could be up arrow)

• A blighted sort of metal

ALT-EM?

• One who expeditions through deep time
• Keeps using the same data
• Providing someone with assets, maybe
• Destroyer of subatomic particles
• Wrath of the mailman
• Once again, the mongrels choose to partake
• Doctors act like pigs
• The Lord of the Sound

VOLUME control

• Weeps over grains
• One who takes good care of his money?
• The companions we have
• Deface a rotting body
• An indecent vegetable

CARET (a perversion of the word CARROT)

• One who wets the bed
• Scampers all over

DASHes

• An unpleasant idiot
• Intriguing symbols on an intriguing object

QUESTION MARKS

• The more voluptuous brother

GREATER THAN

• Pots of snails
• An old decision point

no RETURN

• Sounds like a spicy dish
• An area where certain clouds might form

SPACE (molecular clouds, also known as stellar nurseries form in space)