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CLUELESS 568

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 judge's 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 March 2.

This week's challenge is:

INTEREST (8)

In the interest of keeping things interesting, the variations INTERESTS, INTERESTED and INTERESTING are also fair game.

Good luck!

Obsession with return on investment (8)

Gain when disjointed internet changes direction (8)

Premium paid to bury Eastern holy man (8)

Milan football team is in Paris for benefit (8)

[‘benefit’ used in the sense of Chambers noun def’n 2. A match played for the benefit of a particular player or cause]

Usurer's vigorish* in street? Staggering. (8)

*US slang
"On the street" would be more appropriate, unfortunately.

Amusements in setter’s anagram? (9)

Tennis clash with Tiger - never a dull moment! (11)

Hobby pursued in winter estate? (8)

hobby is also a small falcon 🦅

Grab-bag (8)