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Welcome to Peer Review no. 165, your weekly competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter as many clues as you like and everybody is welcome to have a go.

Feel free to explain your clue if you think it will help but please refrain from commenting on entries until voting has begun.

Entrants should vote for their favourite clue (please include the post number).

The entry with the most votes wins and its composer sets next week's competition.

Please post your clue by 2 pm. on Friday 20th February, when voting opens; voting closes at 10 p.m.

The setter has a deciding vote in the event of a tie.

The setter will declare the winner and award an online prize.

The answer to be clued is:

DWARF PLANET(6,6)

Have fun, one and all.

Miniature aircraft model, like Pluto, maybe? (5,6)

Conflict between Germany & France leads to alien project for heavenly body like Greek goddess (5,6)
(D-war-F Plan-ET; Eris as goddess of conflict and example of D.P. )

Where to find little green men, perhaps? (6,6)

Sedna is part wetland, strangely. (5,6)

Please read my clue as (5,6) !

When cutting n pasting the preamble to this I forgot to change the letter count, it should of course read

DWARF PLANET (5,6)

Apologies for my sloppy oversight!

Sounds like a Klingon plot to occupy deserted alien mass orbiting it's sun (5,6)

Oops,

Sounds like a Klingon plot to occupy deserted alien mass orbiting its sun (5,6)

On reaching here, ask. "Did the klingon arrange it?" (5, 6)