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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 175

175 is the fire emergency number in Lebanon. This may save your life someday.

Welcome to our weekend competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants. You may enter as many clues as you like, and everyone is welcome, particularly new entrants. Feel free to explain your clue. if you think it will help, or to ask another entrant to parse their clue.

However, please don't comment on the clues before voting closes.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, March 12, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8 p.m. (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is

EMERGENCY (9)

Weekend rules: Each entrant has six votes to allocate across any of one to six clues (no fractional votes allowed). For example, the allocation might be 3/2/1 for the top 3 clues, and many other allocations are possible. In the event of a tie, the number of first place votes will be taken into consideration (if those are equal, 2nd place votes, etc).

Have fun and good luck!

Future setters should note that a complete list of previously used words on Clueless, Peer Review and Weekend Peer Review is available at https://tinyurl.com/4dzss5np

Crisis! Mercy gene is broken! (9)

Back-up for the hot water?(9)

Difficulty producing early day motion (9)

Urgent dash for renewable energy to overcome cold (9)

EM (dash) + C (cold) in (ENERGY)*

Arrive in New York City centre, in a state of crisis (9)

Sent back top-level hidden Information about unknown number of fatalities (9)

GEN in CREME rev, Y

Broken men cry? Gee - it must be serious! (9)

In crossing the Sargasso Sea one might signal this predicament (9)
. . . - - - . . .

Mere working millennials in constant state of crisis (9)

MERE* + [C in GEN Y], "in" as a verb