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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 6pm (UK time) on Wednesday the 13th of September.

Today's challenge is:

NEAR MISS (4,4)

Good luck!

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

One arm is sore from tight squeeze? No, just the opposite (4,4)

hidden

Miserly young lady? Close, but no cigar! (4,4)

re #2, there being only a few synonyms in Chambers Thesaurus, I got "tight squeeze" from thesaurus.com.

Narrow escape from tedious seminars (4,4)

Narrow escape from stormy rain mess. (4,4)

It's the peak of US hurricane season.

Spooner's close thing, trifling with a friendly goblin (4,4)

Sounds like mere nisse

Incomplete gender re-assignment? (4,4)

Shy man's pass? (4,4)

I get into an estuary surrounded by cliff – a lucky escape (4,4)

“Arm” in sense “narrow channel of water”