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CLUELESS 116

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: HUMAN SACRIFICE (5,9)

Clues to be submitted by 16.30 tomorrow (19th June) with the winner being announced soon after.

Scarce if one's excited after race. One's given up! (5,9)

Dell disappears if ram clinches deal with acceptable ordered heroic action (5,9)
("ordered"=anag. "if ram clinches deal" + U - dell; the heroic action ordered by God of Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac was avoided by A's discovery of a ram caught in a hedge; dell is old English for a girl or prostitute))

Unicef Charisma is about as much use as a suicide bomber! (5,9)

"I am just going outside and may be sometime" said Oates. (5,9)

An offering that is not alien to us (5,9)

Gods gift i can charm if use is exploited

Commander-in-chief , he runs Mafia organisation supplying ritual slaughter (5,9)

A Mayan chief incurs mutilation without any barbaric religious ceremony (5,9)

According to hearsay, sever the scrotum with rice providing filling offering for bloodthirsty old God(5,9)