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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 that 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 12th of May, 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:

SPEECH IMPEDIMENT (6,10)

Have fun and good luck!

Gag? (6, 10)

Might make it harder to understand a holy man, say? (6.10)

ST + UTTER

There's a reason why I can't say exactly (6,10)

To go ape in a mud bath could be dumb (6,10)

to go, PEE + ape, CHIMP, in mud, SEDIMENT

Deep in m-meths epic resulted in this (6, 10)

A slur perplexed minted cheese pimp (6, 10)

A challenge on the soapbox: the throwing of tomatoes (6,10)

Starts living in sin perhaps! (6, 10)

Address bar problem? (6,10)