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PEER REVIEW 646

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 opened.

Your clue should be posted by 12 noon (UK time) on Friday May 24th, 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:

SWALLOW (7)

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Put up with regressive rules? To liberal, that hurts! (7)

LAWS

Sorry about parsing #2

LAWS (rev) + L + OW

Believe in Tennyson’s messenger (7)

O Swallow, Swallow, flying, flying South,
Fly to her, and fall upon her gilded eaves,
And tell her, tell her, what I tell to thee

Wolf pig has escaped from the enclosure (7)

Fall for a bird (7)

Buy wolf and bear for one of Martin's family (7)

quad def

No, that was too much. We change it to

Buy wolf and bear, or a much smaller creature (7)

Knock back a fly catcher (7)

Gorge on southern flounder (7)