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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 149

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 merit of a particular clue before voting opens.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, September 11th, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:

LICKETY-SPLIT (7-5)

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 three 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!

Tick silly pet off very quickly (7-5)

Pet sickly ‘til improving rapidly (7,5)

Tyke’s clip lit up like the clappers (7-5)

Al left sick little play cast at a rate of knots. (7,5)

(Sick little play - al, using “cast” as the anagram indicator)

Little style tip restyled without delay (7-5)

Lick (little) + (style tip)*

Like a streak of lipstick left, yet smeared (7-5)

[lipstick L yet]*

Beat up, yet leave in a hurry (7-5)

lick yet* split

(another "pet" one...)

Rushing to beat the deadline, I spell “kitty” wrong (with a “c”)

(7-5)