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Welcome to Clueless, our informal weekly clue-setting competition. (Starting a little earlier than usual as I will not be around on Tuesday morning).

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

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 and reasons may or may not be given at the judge's discretion. It is customary for the judge to award a virtual prize to the winner.

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

Clues should be submitted by 18:00hrs BST on Wednesday 2nd October, with the winner to be announced shortly after.

The answer to be clued is:

ONAMATOPOEIA (12)

Have fun and feel free to explain your clue (especially if particularly convoluted or obscure).

A "sounds like" clue? (12)

Quack ... possibly a genuine example of this practice? (12)

Hearsay? (12)

Clink? (12)

(Penny dropping)

Buzzword? (12)

Not hell-bent to nail male hoopoe calls, quite literally (12)

HI Nemo when checking the wordplay here you should also have a look at the spelling of given word

Squelch ... noise-suppressing? ... not as a literary device (12)

Moo? On to a pie - a minced one! (12)

(Using chambers spelling of the word after Fiery’s alert)

Choo-choo say, traveling from Sonoma to Peoria
(Not Southern Region) (12)