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CLUELESS 252

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 and reasons may or may not be given at the judge's discretion.
It is customary for the judge to award a virtual prize to the winner.

Multiple entries may be submitted and new competitors are particularly welcome.

Please add a little explanation if the clue is a bit esoteric - sometimes i can't see the wood for the trees.

Clues should be submitted by 6:00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday 3rd February with the winner being announced shortly after.

This week's answer to be clued is:

MOUSETRAP (9)

Good luck!

Agile route maps show enduring play (9)

Eat potato-mushroom bake (no tomato). Oh! Topping it with cheese could be tempting? (9)

Use broken tar in mane for this snare (9)

A cheesy play? (9)

Chart includes river shown by a only a couple of traces. Its a mystery

Make gin from plan about dirty old English rust (9)

gin = trap

anagram of OERUST inside MAP

Pat Seymour no longer has yen for pooor-quality cheese (9)

Jerry takes gin to make a long-playing record (9)

Play game or put same work into whodunnit (9)