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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 259

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 merit of a particular clue before voting opens.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, October 20th when voting opens. Voting closes at 7pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend’s challenge is;

HERETIC (7)
HERETICAL (9)

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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Hitler Ace could be dissenting (9)

Apostate man escapes from type of airtight box (7)

HER (M) ETIC

Where I am (it could be the West coast generally) people are freethinking (8)

HERE IT* CAL

Recite Homer's initial work - he was a freethinker (7)

Cashless bedraggled Cheshire Cat is one disposed to freethinking (7)

(cheshire cat - cash)*

Nowhere ticket has disbeliever (7)

Catherine in a frenzy lacking an excuse for not going to church? (7)

(catherine - a,n)*

The Italian teacher became agnostic (9)


(IL TEACHER)*

The Erica Jong at 50 was at odds (9)