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PEER REVIEW 633

Welcome to our informal weekly competition to compose a cryptic clue, to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter as many clues as you wish and everyone is welcome. Feel free to explain your clue if you think it will help or to ask another poster to explain theirs. As a courtesy to others, please do not otherwise comment on entries until voting has finished.

Your clue should be posted by 12 noon (UK time) on Friday 23rd February, when voting opens. Entrants should vote for their favourite clue and include the entrant’s name and post number. Voting closes at 8:00 pm. 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 and may tweak the rules if necessary. The setter will declare the winner and award an online prize.

This week’s challenge is:

Surreal (7)

or

Surrealist (10)

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

Dreamy, as ruler bats (7)

Cast irate slurs, like Dali for one (10)

Bizarre baseless ideal yields the perfect example (10)

(IDEAL -E)* P= DALI

Incorrigible liar surest to be a fantasist (10)

Put old city king into isolation? Weird! (7)

SEAL around UR R

Home county almost completely on annual leave - that's bizarre (7)

For non-UK players SURRE (Y) AL

Big in California, cynic becomes an artist (10)

(Big) Sur

In Belgium, pit ponies bizarrely reflect rag time tenor’s quirky artist (10)

This probably warrants explaining. The idea was to compile a surreal-type clue:
In Belgium, pit ponies bizarrely -> it’s no pipe -> ce n’ est pas une pipe.
Rag time t(enor) *( quirky) -> Magritte -> surrealist

Contaminated air results when this experimenter plays with the elements (10)