SYNONYM/ANAGRAM VII

Each clue below has two words or phrases. Find single word synonyms for each of them, mush them together and re-arrange the letters to find an anagram that could follow the equal sign.  The meaning of the anagram is given below as a hint. The first answer gives the two words, and the second answer
gives the anagram.

1. Depend + Written verse =
2. Belonging to me + Cease =
3. Throw with force + Present =
4. Opening in a fence + Employ =
5. Asian food staple + Cereal go-with
6. Penny + Tales handed down through time =
7. ______ there, done that + Percussion instrument =
8. Substance used to grow cultures + Cranny partner =
9. Spirit - to some, music to others + Ella's singing style =
10. Workbench attachment used for holding + Chief honcho =

HINTS:
Meanings of the anagrams:
1. One who offers jobs
2. Favoritism to family and friends
3. Proper, legal, or appropriate
4. Family history
5. "There once was a girl from Nantucket" type verse
6. Charged atomic particle
7. What you are when you count off
8. Kind of court that's a travesty of justice
9. Be far superior to
10. Like sticky tape

First answer set - Words:

1. RELY + POEM =
2. MINE + STOP =
3. HURL + GIFT =
4. GATE + HIRE =
5. RICE + MILK =
6. CENT + LORE =
7. BEEN + DRUM =
8. AGAR + NOOK =
9. SOUL + SCAT =
10. VISE + HEAD =

Second answer set - Anagrams:

1. EMPLOYER
2. NEPOTISM
3. RIGHTFUL
4. HERITAGE
5. LIMERICK
6. ELECTRON
7. NUMBERED
8. KANGAROO
9. OUTCLASS
10. ADHESIVE