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Our weekly competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants.

You may enter as many clues as you like and everybody is welcome to have a go.

Please feel free to explain your clue if you think it will help.

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

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

Please post your clue by 2pm on Friday 9th January when voting opens, voting closes at 10pm.

The setter has a 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.

HIERARCHAL (10)



Have fun.

Charlie, a Royal Highness, briefly outranked (10)

Classy; Merkel's here to bow before a spacey film character (10)

It's remarkable, to raise the standard by which all Gold Cup winners are measured is in order (10)

Here in Germany, bow to HAL. In 2001 it was like the Body of Angels (10)

Apologies to Aristo but, despite the similarity, I did come up with that myself.
Great minds think alike, eh? Perhaps I should read the other entries first.
Back to the drawing-board.

Hail Archer! New levels attained! (10)







(Probably not available to vote.)

Rah, Charlie! Clowning to be part of the class (10)

So "debt" is cancelled when Charlie Hebdo's art is destroyed by this type of society ? (10)

Ah! Rich earl is moved, indeed, stacked (10)