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Welcome to our weekly competition to compose a cryptic clue, to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter as many clues as you wish and everyone is welcome. Feel free to explain your clue, or to ask another entrant to explain theirs. As a courtesy to others, please do not otherwise comment on entries until voting has opened.

Clues should be posted by 12.00 noon (UK time) on Friday, August 19th, when voting opens. Entrants should vote for their favourite clue and include the name and post number. Voting closes at 8.00 pm (UK time) on the same day.

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 and may tweak the rules if necessary. The setter will declare the winner and award an online prize.

This week's challenge is:

SKUNK (5)

Have fun!

Smelly cabbage, perhaps? (5)

Bambi's flower? (5)

King’s in over his head with strong drug (5)

Country’s rejected nationalist king - the little stinker (5)

Doobie's guitarist? (5)

Google clue + answer if necessary

Little stinker of Kafka's K: unknown. (50

In Donetsk, UN kit is shut out (5)

Ripped from the headlines

Seen in mask: unknown animal (5)

Striped fur, coat taken from husky turned natural killer (5)

Who knew, there is an abbreviation for 'natural killer'