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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 127

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, April 10, when voting opens. Voting closes at 9 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is

FREE (4)

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!

Charge right inside? No it's not needed (4)

"All right now" they sang out! (4)

Loud female bird on the loose (4)

Loose reef knots (4)

Please feel ... free to reuse the anagram.

Masonry on the house ? (4)

Concerning iron cladding on the house (4)

(I hope you don’t mind me using ‘on the house’ again, Tyke ;-)

Feel free Jono !

Hoop star "World B."* smoked reefer? Unconcerned. (4)

*World B. Free, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_B._Free

Highly dubious ("smoked"?) anag. of REEFER-RE
Less than subtle joke: cannabis use is said to be rampant in the NBA.

Pricing strategy, on reflection, embodied by sheer folly. (4)