The question behind the question (Oops, All Cryptics mini)

Best logo award. I was too distracted by foods and schmooze to take any pictures at the event

The Somerville Fermentation Fest nerd-sniped me this weekend. Highlightest highlights for me were

• Super savory fish sauce made from eel scraps by Maine Garum Co (sampled with a quarter-second squeeze of whipped cream - fascinating! Thanks Liam)
• Tea-purist kombuchas made from genmaicha and sencha by Pagu
• Good-on-its-own pumpkin-habanero hot sauce from Craic Sauce
• Funky goat milk kefir from Round Table Farm
• The tenderest sourdough focaccia pizza with cauliflower and sausage from La Saison
• The most flavorful Comté several of us had ever had, courtesy of Formaggio Kitchen

This puzzle has nothing to do with that. Explanation way down below.

Albums I listened to during construction:

Hoplites - Ἡ εἰκών (free!)

Rival Consoles - Sonne

BELOW IS AN EXPLANATION OF THE CLUING IF YOU WANT HELP

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Each answer is contained within a longer word or phrase that is hinted at by the clues, and the reference number is the length of the longer word. For example, BEAR could be clued as "Grizzly feature of an ancestor? (10)" referencing FOREBEARER.