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Weekend Peer Review 24

Welcome to our weekend competition to compose a cryptic clue, to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter as many clues as you like and everyone is welcome. Feel free to explain your clue, if you think it will help, or to ask another setter to parse a clue.

Entrants should vote for their favourite clue, and may indicate a second choice, if they wish. This will be counted in the event of a tie.

Clues should be posted by 12 noon (UK time) on Sunday April 19th. when voting opens.
Voting closes at 9 pm.

The entry with the most votes wins and its composer sets next week's competition.
The setter may change the rules or experiment with an alternative format for the following week.

The setter will declare the winner and award an online prize.
This week's challenge is :

COLLAPSE (8)

Away you go.

Pass error - catastrophe! (8)

COL LAPSE

Pass out baked escallop (8)

Slump following a boom ? (8)

Peelies pal locked up when backing the fall to bits (8)

Fell over the front of All Souls and the eastern bit too (8)

College partly built inside church may fall down (8)

Firm has a disastrous spell leading to bankruptcy (8)

I hope Paul will let me have this -

Close embrace before recess (8)

Embrace = COLL
Recess = APSE

From the outside lane, Coe moves inside to lap lagger, only to fall down. (8)