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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 275

[Probably better to post this early than late.]

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 9th, when voting opens. Voting closes at 7 pm (UK time) the same day.
This week's challenge is:

ZEPPELIN (8)

[Someone (jono?) pointed out that we were short of Zs! It might prove a bit tricky to clue, but I have great faith as a result of the imagination I’ve seen here recently!]
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!

Future setters should note that a complete list of previously used words on Clueless, Peer Review and Weekend Peer Review is available at https://tinyurl.com/4dzss5np

Prize pen changes hands, exchanged for a balloon. (8)

R -> L

Marx brother cut off by rising river requires inflatable craft (8)

Zepp(o) + Nile

…a down clue.

Parish priest and old priest enter form of Buddhism and float away in this? (8)

PP + Eli in Zen

Tickle ze nipple Count Ferdinand (8)

When this particular balloon went up so did the gondola (8)

Zulu with Oxford degree crosses Nile backwards to obtain aerial weapon (8)

Balloon went up when Page broke initially from heavy metal band by the sound of it. (8)

LED ZEPPELIN - Pb (lead)

Cheap hydrogen bomb? (8)