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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 this week's competition will set the word to be clued and judge the entries for next 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, Sep 2nd.
Prizegiving will be shortly afterwards.

This week's challenge is:

MASSACRE (8)

Have fun, and please explain your clue if it is especially devious.

Wholesale race annihilation? (8)

Take out area on mothership (8)

(apologies)

Parent's balls about to be licked (8)

Breakdown service area (8)

(Slight tweak)

Wreck seen in service area (8)

Traumatized marchesa's lost husband in bloodbath

1,000 carcasses cropped and mutilated, for example (8)

Killing large area (8)

Butcher's minces are scams (8)