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PEER REVIEW 509

Welcome to our friendly competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter as many clues as you like. 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 12 noon (UK time) on Friday Oct 8th when voting opens. Voting closes at 9pm (UK time) the same day.

Entrants should vote for their favorite clue, indicating that entrant's name and clue number. The entry with the most votes wins, and its composer sets next week's competition. The setter has the deciding vote in the event of a tie. The setter will declare the winner and award an online prize.

This week’s challenge is a choice of:

SPOT (4)
SPOTTY (6)
SPOTTING (8)

Have fun and good luck!

Cook's Muldoon, perhaps? (6)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQQTvnTnlY

Observe peaks returning (4)

Irregular small nuts (6)

Starts to see possibility of trade mark (4)

Lend your place?(4)

Sport with no right to give a handicap (4).

Spy eats to excess, breaks out in pimples (6).

Performance given by dog? (4)

Drunk gets quiet with a wee dram (4)