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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.

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!

Feel free to add an explanation if you feel it will help.

Please submit your clues by 21.00 (UK time) tomorrow (Wednesday 21st May). As duty calls, it will be after 23.00 UK time before the result can be announced.

This week's word to be clued is: PARADOX (7)

Airborne soldier returns to port --- how contradictory! (8)

Delicate at first - demonstrating toughness and strength? (7)

Dropped soldier's wench not unknown to be impossible?(7)

No B.S! Out of Pandora's Box hatched the Chicken or the Egg!

Surely some anomaly, Oxford total is above normal! (7)

Bath salts following tannoy? That's a contradiction!

Tweak to my last

(Down clue)
Something strange here, Oxford total is below average (7)

Its an enigma when father and artist work on spot mark (7)

March almost to the end with stout shoes, stopping for good before crossings? (7)