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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 279

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, 9th March, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:

EGGS BENEDICT (4,8)

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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Urges man to have breakfast (4,8)

Cents I begged produce breakfast (4,8)

Spurs Franklin cited - cooked meal (4,8)

Begged nicest characters for a meal (4,8)

Encourages then sneakily enticed bishop for breakfast (4,8)

Gastric feeding tube malfunctions, ejecting a fruit at breakfast (4,8)

(GASTRICFEEDINGTUBE - AFRUIT)*

Urges Arnold to have breakfast. (4,8)


Benedict Arnold, American War of Independence soldier and traitor

Clutch onto prayer - no charge for American brunch (4,8)

benedict(ion)

This doesn't count because I am blatantly stealing, but it was the first thing that came to mine, so just for fun:

Urges old pope to have breakfast. (4,8)

@swarbrules - worst traitor in American history until tRump.