I don't see why a pi is problematic considering that no terminations of the fuse result in a pure pi, and so disrupting the diagonal line would stop it from forming, removing the fuse cell would too, and removing a cell from the snake head would make another fuse in the opposite direction and there would be no gliders to clean up its junk.
Using a barberpole fuse eliminates the pond, traffic light, and the constellation produced from this cluster (and a few others like it):
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x = 59, y = 60, rule = B3/S23
bo$obo2$2bobo2$4bobo2$6bobo2$8bobo2$10bobo2$12bobo2$14bobo2$16bobo2$
18bobo2$20bobo2$22bobo2$24bobo2$26bobo2$28bobo2$30bobo2$32bobo2$34bobo
2$36bobo2$38bobo2$40bobo2$42bobo2$44bobo2$46bobo2$48bobo2$50bobo2$52bo
bo2$54bobo2$56bobo2$58bo!
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x = 75, y = 90, rule = B3/S23
4bo5bo15bo15bo15bo15bo$4b2o4bo6b3o6bo6b3o6bo6b3o6bo6b3o6bo$4bo5bo15bo
15bo15bo15bo10$2o$obo$2bob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o$obo$2o8$2bo2bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$2bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$2bo2b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo26$2bo2b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b
2o3b2o3b2o3b2o$2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo
2bobo2bobo2bo$2bo2b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o
16$3b2obo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo$3bo2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o
b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2$3b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob
2ob2o$4bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo11$7b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob
2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$7b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o
b2o2$5bo2bob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$4b2ob2ob2ob2ob2o
b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o!
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x = 12, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$2o2bo2bo2b2o$o3b4o3bo$2bobo2bobo$b2obo2bob2o$2bobo2bobo$2bob4obo$
b2obo2bob2o$2bobo2bobo$2bobo2bobo$b2ob4ob2o$2bobo2bobo$2bobo2bobo$b2ob
o2bob2o$2bob4obo$2bobo2bobo$b2obo2bob2o$2bobo2bobo$2bob4obo$b2obo2bob
2o$4bo2bo$4bo2bo$5b2o!
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x = 15, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
8b2o$6bo2bo$6b3o2$4b7o$2obo7bob2o$2obob2ob2obob2o$3bobo3bobo$3bo7bo$4b
7o2$6b3o$6bo2bo$8b2o!
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x = 16, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
6bo2bo$6b4o2$4b8o$3bo8bo$3bob2o2b2obo$2obobo4bobob2o$2obobo4bobob2o$3b
ob2o2b2obo$2obobo6bob2o$2obobo3b2obob2o$3bob2o3bobo$3bo8bo$4b8o2$6b4o$
6bo2bo!