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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 247

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 closes.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, July 28 when voting opens. Voting closes at 8pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend’s word is:

TANGENT (7)

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 the top 3 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). Note - you might not want to allocate all of the votes.

Have fun and good luck!

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Brown man makes a diversion to come into contact with circle (7)

Deviation is what might be tested by the relevant hospital department (7)

TANG + ENT

Function of a hitman? (7)

Getting sidetracked by a popular magazine in camp (7)

T (A NG) ENT

Touching line of Samaritan gentleman (7)

Flog a guy with a blade (7)

def; "the upright metal blade, fastened on the inner end of a clavichord key, that rises and strikes the string when the outer end of the key is depressed."

Explosive cherry mixture might blow you off course

(GEAN)* in TNT

US-centric

USA Today publisher goes off on digression (7)

or

McPaper publisher goes off on digression (7)

Gannett

Change of direction for a naturist group initially when camping (7)

A N G in TENT