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Clueless 607

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 6:00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday November 30th.

This week’s challenge is a choice of…

MECHANIC (8)
MECHANISM (9)
MECHANICAL (10)

Have fun!

Future setters should note that a complete list of previously used words on Clueless, Peer Review and Weekend Peer Review is available at https://tinyurl.com/4dzss5np

Grease, monkey, could form chin acne (8)

Tangled affair of Iman with Czech goalkeeper* yields card sharp. (8)

*Petr CECH (too lazy to enter diacritic)

Robotic? No, a chemical reaction (10)

Starveling possibly lifeless (10)

Playing the Bard card

Michael can turn boring (10)

Abandoned Americans’ launch not run as routine. (10)

(AMERICANS + LAUNCH - RUN AS)* = defn.

A nod to the several Artemis abandoned launches

Qualified service provider (8)

One who often puts a spanner in the works? (8)

Just for the sake of being in it, Jono, 🔧 as I'll probably be away next week. (Not that it's a likely winner 😀)

Routine processed meal a cinch. (10)