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Weekend Peer Review 109

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, December 5th, when voting opens. Voting closes at 9 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is

SKELETON (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!

Bob’s not sleek by accident (8)

Framework for stone elk sculpture (8)

Bare bones TV show - host takes drug (8)

Red Skelton

The key to a leaner workforce (8)

Long dead King put on steel for battle (8)

Sleek then gets messed up and puts on a huge amount of weight - requires solid support (8)

Slovakia and Spain admitted to Assembly (8)

Perhaps old fossil's TV ban has kids extremely upset (8)

Penske let one's Winter Olympic event. (8)