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PEER REVIEW 643

643 is the largest prime factor of 123456.

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 May 3, when voting opens. Entrants should vote for their favorite 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.

Lots of definitions for this week’s challenge:

PITCH (5)

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

Throw tar twenty-two yards (5)

Triple, the last one cricket

Quietly scratch promotion (5)

Chip away over time to make a good sales presentation (5)

Rolling Stone visits children's hospital (5)

Pervert's first craving to toss (5)

Chuck a measure of acid over an irritating jerk (5)

PH over TIC*

Sound that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky could handle, primarily (5)

Musical building block of P. I. Tchaikovsky (5)

Pity it's hidden on the left edge ☹️

Show quiet sex appeal at church, them stall (5)