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Weekend Peer Review 236

Welcome to our weekend competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants. You may enter as many clues as you like, and 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 opens.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, May 12th when voting opens. Voting closes at 7pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:

NORDIC (6)

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Weekend rules: each entrant has six votes to allocate across any of one to six clues (no fractional votes allowed). For example, the allocation might be 3/2/1 for your top 3 favourite clues, and many other allocations are possible. In the event of a tie, the number of first place votes will be taken into consideration (if those are equal, 2nd place votes, etc).

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Minor dictionary includes Scandinavian, perhaps (6)

Ruins of Northern classical architecture found to be Swedish (6)

N DORIC*

Reg not appearing in bad recording of Northener (6)

Neither policemen, on reflection, could identify the Swede (6)

Up north, no Tom or Harry either (6)

Danegeld spent to gain passage (6)

Spent = anag ind for COIN around RD

Authoritarian or dictator is buried in Oslo (6)

Seaweed-infested capital of Norway (6)

NORI mixed with DC

Hamsun perhaps, superficially Republican, blending into Washington (6)

RINO in DC (Republican In Name Only)