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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 128

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 17, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:-

SCOUNDREL (9)

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!

Cold nurse could be a cad (9)

Spooner's soak, tramp or rogue (9)

drown skell

This unprincipled person will snaffle your web address in a trice. (9)

Should perhaps explain the post above.
We’re using URL (web address) in trice (second), and using “snaffle” as the anagram.

Under closer review, reference withheld for fraud (9)

Cur led son astray? (9)

Good-for-nothing son curled up (9)

(Topical)

Red consul might be a criminal (9)

(Was toying with "Criminal red consul?" but prefer this surface.)

Reds clown around with deputy for posh Boris perhaps (9)

*another "red" paul - hope you don't mind :)