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Weekend Peer Review 86

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.

However, please don't comment on the clues before voting closes.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, June 27th, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:

COMPOUND (8)

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!

Type of fracture might come with a kick in the teeth? (8)

Pen for bookseller playwright’s words such as these (8)

Free Officer (and German with it) from prison camp (8)

For growth, there’s no point in building a company website for a quid


(.com minus “.”, pound)

Chemical split polyurethane condom (8)

Composite building enclosure? (8)

Area entered by Lily via scaffold? (8)


Remember 'Lily the Pink' by The Scaffold?

Aggravate fracture (8)

Nuts up condom adds to interest (8)