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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 everyone is welcome. Feel free to explain your clue, if you think it will help, or to ask another setter to parse a clue.

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

Clues should be posted by 1:00 pm BST on Friday 17th March, when voting opens. Voting closes at 10:00 pm that evening.

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

The setter has the 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 answer to be clued is:

XENOPHOBIA (10)

Have fun and good luck!

Damaging a phone box I experience enmity (10)

Old flame comes round, no fear of sexism (10)


XE (old flame comes round) + NO + PHOBIA

Pin hoax OBE to apartheid for example (10)

It's not right to abhor one-and-eleven-pence (10)


It's not right = Definition, anagrind and dropping the letter R!
Anagram fodder = ABHO(r) + ONE + XI (eleven) + P (pence)

Fear of imported cattle going astray? [10]

Fear of aliens or zero meditation, we hear. (10)

zen o phobia

Dislike of frogs, perhaps? Cross Boophinae out (10)

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boophinae

Opened Pandora's box, then I lost the strand freeing fear and loathing (10)

Cause of the travel ban may be a stranger influence on Trump's mind(10)
DD