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Welcome to our weekend 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, particularly new entrants. Feel free to explain your clue, if you think it will help or to ask another entrant to parse their clue.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, November 29 when voting opens. Please go ahead and start voting at noon without waiting for me, as I am 6 hours earlier, and don't expect to be awake then. Voting closes at 9 pm (UK time) the same day.

Entrants should vote for their favorite clue, indicating that entrant's name and clue number. 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.
He or she will declare the winner and award an online prize.

This week's challenge is:

Genre (5)

Have fun and good luck!

Optional Bonus Competition inspired by Mattrom. Compose a numerical clue for this week's WPR number (56). The same judging procedure will apply.

Sort of green? (5)

Antigen result? It's sort of included (5)

Vivid? First I left, then dead gone!

Hope it's OK to re-use the anagram

Turn green at Nordic noir, perhaps (5)

Group is lost in the middle of Serengeti (5)

mattrom, since "green" is the only anagram I did not intend to stake any claim to it !

Coming up with eagle on the first green shows form (5)

(down clue)

A dollop of collagen rejuvenates skin (5)

Buddy, I didn't intend my comment to imply that you did.

Pruning evens out greeneries revealing variety (5)