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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.

Explanations are welcome for complex or obscure clues.

Clues should be submitted by 6:00 pm (UK time) on Wednesday 11th March.

In light of the mass hysteria here and abroad here’s something topical to get your teeth into. A choice of three

PANIC BUYING (5,6)
PANIC BUYER (5,5)
PANIC BUYERS (5,6)

Please parse unless blindingly obvious!

Stampeding stocktakers? (5,6)

I,ll have my pasta with a roll - or twenty, he said

PANIC BUYER

Cheers THEA(O)

Alarmists unsettle a busy prince (5,6)

Frenetic spending may lead to empty shelves(5,6)

Scaremonger's customer? (5,5)

This prodigal's a wreck without his Latino patron (5,5)

PANIC BUYER
A bun, pricey perhaps but he'll take all he can get (5, 5)

PANIC BUYERS
Basic penury making them strip the shelves (5, 6)

PANIC BUYING
Stockpiling, nice at first but not quite enthralled by settling up (5, 6)

Neurotic consumers beginning psychiatric care in busy surgery (5,6)

Entered once before but went missing...

Unfair pecuniary benefit for hoarder (5,5)