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Welcome to our weekly competition to compose a cryptic clue, to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter up to a maximum of 4 clues this week and everyone is welcome. Please explain your clue - good ones can be overlooked!

Entrants should vote for their favourite clue. Please include the post number but please refrain from commenting on entries until voting has begun.

Clues should be posted by 1 pm (GMT) on Friday, December 9th. when voting opens. Voting closes at 9:00 pm that evening.

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

The setter has the deciding vote in the event of a tie and may change the rules if necessary.

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

This week's answer to be clued is:

PEDANTIC (8)

Have fun and good luck!

Inept cad became nit-picking. (8)

Hi chrise, I'm trying to encourage folks to add an explanation to their clues . Whilst yours is pretty self-explanatory be a pal and start the ball rolling.
Cheers Marty

OK marty
Anagram (indicator "became") INEPT CAD, definition "nit-picking".

Voice recorder? Oh, forgot, that's nit-picking (8)
(Dictaphone, without OH = anagram of pedantic)

Perfectionist pictured an explosion to raze old city (8)

Def perfectionist
Anag pictured an
Anagrind explosion
Subind to raze
Sub Ur

Pompous dancing dance tip (8)

Pompous def
dancing = anagram indicator
dance tip = anagram of pedantic

Worker in foot-related suffix will be expert (8)

Worker = ant

inside ped...ic = foot related suffix (as in orthopedic)

expert = definition

Pernickety poet has ending at start in short film (8)

Pernickety def
Poet DANTE, ending at start EDANT
Short film PIC

Brief kiss and 'it' aroused academic? (8)

Brief kiss = pec(k) + and 'it' ('it' as in sex...)

aroused = anagram indicator

academic = definition