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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.

The winner of the previous week's competition both sets the word to be clued and judges the entries for the current week.

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

Multiple entries may be submitted and new competitors are particularly welcome.
Feel free to give an explanation if you think it might help.

Clues should be submitted by 9:00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday 2nd June.

This week’s challenge is ...

VEGETABLE (9)

Good luck!

Beagle vet might be inactive (9)

Victory in Europe within reach for Brussels (9)

One in a coma with a pulse? (9)

Just for fun, Jono, if that's OK. I may be away next week.

To make salad, perhaps from endive, get a blender (9)

Ex-squaddie is ready to eat some egg and beans (9)

[Understood Mattrom, hope you’re off somewhere nice]

On a technical point, ‘getable’ as a variant of ‘gettable’ is not in Chambers or the OED/ODE but it is in Collins so I’m allowing it ;-)

Swede is one that might be, e.g., valet (9)

Sick beagle? Vet wants cabbage (9)

Cabbage as in money. Very difficult to avoid the dreaded d.b.e.!

Whoops, that's the same anagram as chris #2. Ignore.