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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 finished.

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

Please post your clue by 2:00pm on Friday 11th December when voting opens. Voting closes at 9:00pm

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.

This week's word to be clued is:

Butterscotch (12)

Have fun.

PS . I will announce the winner as soon as I can after the closing time, but it may be delayed until Saturday morning. Please bear with me.

Sorry Peterm!
See PR 155

Sweet goat spirit? (12)

Whoops! Thanks rossimj. Apologies chrise.

New answer to be clued:

Smoked salmon (6,6)

I checked back - it was different from any of the entries last time! Would it have won, though?

Food from Monsal? (6,6)


I'm hoping that I can slip past "smoked" as an (omitted) anagram indicator!

Perhaps tickled, cured and blini'd? (7,6)

Monk demos Al's cured redfush (6,6)


Redfush is an old Scots word for salmon.

Observe very old nuts being recycled into a gastronomic delicacy (6,6)

Monk & damsel so crazy, that's fishy for a start (6,6)