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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 ask another entrant to parse their clue.

However, please don't comment on the merit of a particular clue before voting opens.

Clues should be posted before 12 noon (UK time) on Friday Jan 21st, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8pm (UK time) the same day.

Entrants should vote for their favourite 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 ...

CAST (4)

Have fun and good luck!

Throw actors to pot! (4)

A "pot" is a slang term for a plaster cast on a broken linb

What plasterers might do: get rid of mould (4)

In America statutes are thrown out(4)

Cats herded into its performers. (4)

Fix cot with this (4)

(cot with C as T)

Iron aspersions away in stone. (4)

Quadruple definition.

Sorry, rather than quadruple definition, quadruple lead-ins...or associations...or something.

Throw and kick ball by the sea (4)

c(o)ast

I should probably elaborate on #3. It is a triple def, and the reference to plasterers relates to a plaster cast for a broken bone.