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678 is sphenic and admirable, but it is not totient.

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 7:00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday April 10th.

If Hindu astrology is to be believed, at about 2:00 pm CDT the shadow planet Rahu will begin to eat the sun, causing an:

ECLIPSE (7)

or for the ambitious:

SOLAR ECLIPSE (5,7)

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

Rise. Collapse catastrophically in the dark (5,7)

Praises cello playing gloomily (5,7)

Social lepers rehabilitated in phenomenal display of unity (5,7)

Especially organised - but don’t lay in the shade (7)

Outstrip once brisk pace up front subsides in point-to-point (7)

Block Europeans indulging in what’s to be found on YouTube? Just the opposite! (7)

Sunblock might give you goosebumps (5,7)

Lo - a priceless, extraordinary event (5,7)

Exponent of shadow-boxing cuts with ease, by the sound of it (7)

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