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Welcome to Clueless, our informal weekly clue-setting competition.

The idea is to compose a cryptic clue to a given word or phrase.

The winner of the previous week’s competition both sets the word to be clued and judges the entries for the current week.

The judge’s decision is final; reasons may or may not be given at the judge’s discretion. It is customary for the judge to donate a virtual prize to the winner.

To be fair to others, please do not make any comments on entries until after the winner has been declared. Multiple entries may be submitted and new competitors are particularly welcome!

This week’s word is: FERMATA (7)

Clues to be submitted by 1800 BST tomorrow (24th June) with the winner being announced soon after.

Have fun and good luck!

Stop in Italy? (7)

Back a Scotsman to take charge of match as it will last longer than it normally would. (7)

Birds Eye ham father removes from cheese sandwich (7)

After escaping Italy, Enrico, researching radioactivity, finds answer in Astatine. Long note ensues. (7)

FERM(i)+AT+A

Radio announcer thanks mother for carrying on longer than expected (7)

Umm...flat note about to go on longer? (7)

Hold on to the notes after a last theorem was resolved (7)

Just for fun as not sure I can post next week....

Birdseye fishfingers eaten regularly may aggravate the appendix initially (7)

The Farm wait without playing another note (7)