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Weekend Peer Review 163


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 clues before voting closes.

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

This weekend's challenge is

MASTER(6)

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 3 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).

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Have fun!

Oops did not changes the dates. Clues in by Sunday 18 th Dec at noon.

Kurosawa, for instance, venturing into Troma's territory? (6)

Troma is a US film production company specializing in low-budget schlock.

Turbulent stream leading to main (6)

Guru and a holy man engage in strange dream state (6)


Def, A ST in anag REM

Original record of Michaelmas term (6)

Teacher is thoroughly proficient when not tense (6)

(Thoroughly proficient = past master - past (= tense))

Grasp top of marigold and another flower (6)

Monicker after surpassing threshold Elo rating, primarily. (6)

Chess title
FIDE Master>=2300 Elo FIDE
USCF Master>=2200 Elo USCF, etc.

Expert teacher: learn to stream courses! (6)

Triple def + anag