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CLUELESS 393

Welcome to Clueless, our informal weekly clue setting competition.

The idea is to compose a cryptic clue to a given word or phrase.

The winner of the previous week's competition both sets the word to be clued and judges the entries for the current week.

The decision is final and reasons may or may not be given at the judge's discretion. It is customary for the judge to donate a virtual prize to the winner.

Multiple entries may be submitted and new competitors are particularly welcome.

Feel free to give an explanation if you think it might help.

Clues should be submitted by 6:00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday 17th October.

This week’s challenge is:

DEFEAT (6) PLEASE PARSE YOUR CLUES - THANKS

Have fun!

Loss results in shoes being superfluous, by the sound of it! (6)

de-feet!

Beating at feed cooking (6)

Anagram "cooking" "at feed"

Fate Ed Balls tasted in Morley? [6]

Skilful when accepting each failure (6)

DEF(ea)T

Fickle fate of French advance at Waterloo (6)

No slight intended pigale!
Anagram of FATE following DE :)

Stop mate taking out crush (6)

quad. def. with a surface about friendly advice

Fated to demolish Spain in drubbing (6)

Anagram FATED with E inside

Collapse of French after short break (6)

DE = of French
Break = anag indicator for short AFTER = AFTE

Apparently Clyde featured in Bonnie's downfall (6)

'apparently' is indicator of answer hidden in clue