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CLUELESS 109

Welcome to Clueless, our informal weekly clue-setting competition.

The idea is to compose a cryptic clue to a given word.

The winner of the previous week’s competition both sets the word to be clued and judges the entries for the current week.

The judge’s decision is final; reasons may or may not be given at the judge’s discretion. It is customary for the judge to donate a virtual prize to the winner.

To be fair to others, please do not make any comments on entries until after the winner has been declared.

Multiple entries may be submitted and new competitors are particularly welcome!

The answer to be clued is: AYATOLLAH (9)

Clues to be submitted by 16.30 tomorrow (1st May) with the winner being announced soon after.
(The time of 16:30 may be extended tomorrow because of my work finishing time)

Good luck!

Religious leader is always expressing surprise about appeal, we hear (9)

Religious leader is in to pay a toll ahead of voting.

A sign of god stated "Yes, a fee, expressing relief" (9)

Religious leader cooked to allay Ahab, but lacked salt (9)

Hallo ta'ya the President says to him back in Baghdad --And Dundee?? (9)

Midway atoll, a Hawaiian refuge for one pi(9)

Are you higher up say than an Iranian dignitary(9)

[are you taller]

Shiite stirrer? Back home in Iran is where you can find one (9)

This cleric was somehow loath like the French to meddle with an unknown (9)

Anagram of loath and

like the French = A la +

Unknown =Y +def Cleric = a
Ayatollah