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CLUELESS 596

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 8:00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday September 14th.

This week`s challenge is ...

Truss (5)

Good luck!

Bolster a lame duck? (5)

[btw SS, it's customary to put the number - 596 in this case - in the title of the thread. Perhaps you could ask Norah (Admin) to add it?]

Struts around acting like a boss? (5)

On reflection, this might be better:

Support a lame duck? (5)

According to her, it's time to shorten Russia's adventurism (5)

Or:

Support a lame duck for PM? (5)

An admirer of Thatcher's vacuous and not entirely certain to get back in? (5)

Third-rate Back in the USSR promoted by Thin Lizzy? (5)

(Sorry Chris this version might read better...)


An admirer of Thatcher's vacated and not entirely certain to get back in? (5)