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Peer Review 603

Welcome to our friendly competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter as many clues as you like. 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 12 noon (UK time) on Friday the 28th of July, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8 pm (UK time) the same day.

Entrants should vote for their favorite clue, indicating that entrant's name and clue number. The entry with the most votes wins and its composer sets next week's competition. The setter has the deciding vote in the event of a tie. The setter will declare the winner and award an online prize.

This week's challenge is:

BUNKER (6)

Have fun and good luck!

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

Archie, for one, in a sand trap (6)

Hesitation after BS gets you in a trap (6)

A driver might get stuck here in need of fuel (6)

Fuel/bunker as verbs (in a nautical sense, I think!)

(actually Chambers seems to suggest that bunker and fuel are synonyms as both verbs and nouns, either way new to me)

Big chest and cock on old queen (6)

cock/bunk = nonsense

Holed iup here? (6)

(typo obvs)

Holed up here? (6)

Vault, then run? (6)

(UK meaning? "Do a bunk" means to run off somewhere, usually without paying a bill, or avoiding responsibility, hence "bunker" as the (questionable) descriptor of the person)

Safe to sleep with the Queen? (6)