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pastille

27th September 2012, 12:41
PEER REVIEW 40

Sorry for the late start, but I had business to attend to.


Our other weekly competition for clue setters. The idea (like CLUELESS) is to set a cryptic clue to a given word or phrase, unlike Clueless you will be judged by your peers and not the setter of the clue word.

Multiple entries are welcome. You MUST post a clue for your vote to count. One vote per contestant – please state the post number you are voting for.

The entry with the most qualifying votes wins and sets next week’s PEER REVIEW. In the event of a tie the setter chooses the winner.

There is a (roughly) one day time frame. Your clue must be posted by 4pm Friday, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8pm Friday, with the winner being announced shortly afterwards. If the result is clear prior to the voting deadline it may be announced before 8pm.

The setter donates an online prize. The setter reserves the right to change the rules in order to deal with unforeseen circumstances.

Feel free to include an explanation of your clue just in case solver-voters cannot appreciate your clue.

The word/phrase to be clued this week is.....

HYPERBOLE (8)

Which is definitely the best word ever, in the entire world, and that's no exaggeration.

Good Luck!

pastille x
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bullfrog

27th September 2012, 12:57
Publicity for part (second-string) included exaggeration (9)


Publicity = HYPE
part = ROLE
second string included =(B)
exaggeration = definition
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rambler

27th September 2012, 13:01
Stupid boy helper laying it on too thick? (8)
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rambler

27th September 2012, 13:04
Please amend above letter count to 9!
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pastille

27th September 2012, 13:14
Well done rambler for spotting the deliberate mistake...hmm...

Sorry ...

HYPERBLOE(9)
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pastille

27th September 2012, 13:16
...or even...

HYPERBOLE (9)

Note to self....stop being so vain and put on your glasses! Now!
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aristophanes

27th September 2012, 13:37
A trunk as big as a sequoia's? (9)
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bobs mum

27th September 2012, 13:53
Very,very,very,very, excited and initially borne of long experience (9)
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ab

27th September 2012, 13:57
Tall, fizzy champagne? (9)
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chrise

27th September 2012, 14:42
Y is inversely proportional to X? A plot! More than one in Italy, perhaps? That's exaggeration. (9)




(A plot of y=1/x gives a hyperbolA; plurals of A (feminine) nouns in Italy end in E)
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