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Welcome to 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. Feel free to explain your clue if you think it will help, or to ask another setter to explain any of theirs.

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 clues by 1:00pm on Friday 29th January when voting opens. Please note due to a social commitment it may not be possible for me to declare the result and award the online prize until midnight, unless it is conclusive by early evening Friday, so it seems futile imposing a voting deadline before then.

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

This week's word to be clued is:

PERCEPTION (10)

Going by mushroom into altered consciousness (10)

Point creep into awareness (10)

Vision? "No", it squeaks back, "no sugar". Consume royal charter (10)

NO + IT + PEEP(s) reversed around RC

Apprentice boy drops leaves --- what a sensation! (10)
(leaves=bay)

Peer into PC madness to see what's really going on (10)

Mushroom-based protein powder - now that's an idea! (10)

It was the best until a short Irish curse turned what was loud to quiet - that's how I see it (10)

PERFECTION ... FEC(K) turned ... CEF ... F becomes P

Porcine pet transported through Huxley's doors! (10)

Image of a condom half-off at start of baby-making (10)

a: per (as in fifty cents a foot)
condom half: con