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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 151

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 25, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:

NOTICE (6)
NOTICED (7)
NOTICES (7)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 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!

Look! It's thawed. (6)

Look! It's melted (6)

I think that's an improvement.

Discerns quirk inside refusals. (7)

Tweak to 4:
Discerns quirk within refusals. (7)

Warning a jeweller may give for faux diamonds?(6)

Warning from hypnotic encounter (6)

Pay attention to book in French city (6)

[Nothing from me for a couple of weeks - we are continuing the process of ticking off Scottish islands (Islay and Colonsay this trip).]

Picked up a drink served straight up (7)

[Enjoy your trip Chris, hope you get some decent weather. You put me in mind of whisky which, some would say, should always be served straight up, i.e. NOT ICED]