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Welcome to Clueless, our informal weekly clue setting competition. The idea is to compose a cryptic clue to a given word or phrase.
Multiple entries may be submitted and new competitors are particularly welcome.

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. It is customary for the judge to donate a virtual prize to the winner.

Clues should be submitted by 6.00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday, July 22nd
Prizegiving will be shortly afterwards.

This week's challenge is:


EASE (4) EASY (4) EASED (5) or EASING (6)
PLEASE PARSE IF NOT BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS! (b)

Have fun!

Weaken and fold when credit withdrawn (4)

(cr)ease

Simple with the queen sick (4)

Late December's fall took the pressure off (5)

Dec eased

Soothing sage in turmoil (6)

Wanton drug-running, say (4)

Luxury? Like being stuck in double-wide? (4)

Neither E (for wide in shoe size) nor double-wide (for a mobile home) is in my Chambers, but both are very commonly used in the US.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-wide

Let fifty go slow (4)

Piece of pie, like Richie's sunday morning? (4)

Lionel Richie "Easy like Sunday morning"

The chair for recent Mastermind questions (4)