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CLUELESS 740

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 judge's 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 June 25th.

This week's challenge:

FOLKLORE (8)

Good luck!

Future setters should note that a complete list of previously used words on Clueless, Peer Review and Weekend Peer Review is available at https://tinyurl.com/4dzss5np

Floor elk - horrific legend (8)

Hard looker gets love - the legend (8)

BBC

Pound kinky fooker from central Ireland - the legend! (8)

L'Orfeo left a thousand out in this story (8)

A thousand gives K

Crook lost head and fell foul of old wives’ tales (8)

Prester John or Bigfoot possibly? (8)

Collected saws from our grandfathers (8)

Chess geek clue

Legend makes Lékó 🤣 (8)

anag of LEKO + ROFL

Péter Lékó is a (relatively) famous chess grandmaster/commentator/trainer

Where to look for legend? All over the place except the greenwood bizarrely (8)

part&lit alluding to Robin Hood et al