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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 274

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, February 2nd, when voting opens. Voting closes at 7 pm (UK time) the same day.
This week's challenge is:

MILITARY (8)

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).

Have fun and good luck!

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Soldiers may limit a line (8)

LIMIT A RY*

1049 computers and a funny fish can make an army (8)

1049 = MIL
computers = IT
funny fish = RAY*

MIL IT ARY

Force I ignited within Virgin (8)

I LIT inside MARY

The army’s familiarity’s changing, as if going out of fashion. (8)

(FAMILIARITYS * - ASIF)*

Aggressive “Sex in the city” between a motorway and a railway? (8)

IT in LA between MI and RY

Lieutenant, and ones around him, found in an organised army (8)

LT among II in AMRY*

re: my appalling explanation @7, should read

LT among II in ARMY* (&lit)

I’m back on trial for assaulting unknown GI (8)

IM rev TRIAL* Y

A limit confounded railway services (8)