My reverse depends look ok, but the actual delete screws up clang for me. I know I want clang. So I think I should leave gcc-8 on hold for a while:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-8 -s
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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
clang-9 : Depends: libstdc++-8-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgcc-8-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libobjc-8-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.