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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW

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, particularly new entrants. Feel free to explain your clue. if you think it will help, or to ask another entrant to parse their clue.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, April 25th, when voting opens.
Voting closes at 9 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is

GHOST TOWN (5,4)

Weekend rules: Each entrant has six votes to allocate across any of one to six clues (no fractional votes allowed). For example, the allocation might be 3/2/1 for the top 3 clues, and many other allocations are possible. In the event of a tie, the number of first place votes will be taken into consideration (if those are equal, 2nd place votes, etc).

Have fun and good luck!

Two thongs could be empty? (5,4)

Army arrives in good time to take possession - but there’s nobody there! (5,4)

Run down place on the Skeleton Coast? (5,4)

Emcee has time in evening wear, but nobody's around to see. (5,4)

Specials hit from abandoned location. (5,4)

Warm Spooner's cassock in a place for lost souls (5,4)

Soul, but no mo R&B in Detroit, some say (5,4)

Spirit won’t mix, making this place spiritless (5,4)

Share G and T with some loose women in the West End - and nobody else? (5,4)