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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 321

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. However, please don't comment on the clues before voting closes.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday 28th December when voting opens. Voting closes at 6 pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:-

RAIL (4)

Weekend rules: Each entrant has six votes to allocate across any of one to six clues (no fractional votes allowed). For example, the allocation might be 3/2/1 for the top 3 clues, and many other allocations are possible. In the event of a tie, the number of first place votes will be taken into consideration (if those are equal, 2nd place votes, etc).

Have fun and good luck!

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Complain about water bird on track (4)

(We were at Leighton Moss this time last week. The paths were flooded, but we had wellies. We spent about 10 minutes watching a pair of water rails (notoriously difficult to see) foraging on the flooded path.)

Perjurer backing horizontal member (4)

liar

Complain about funny money in Iran and Turkiye (4)

Turkish currency is LIRA

Iranian currency is RIAL

Louis Braille hides rare bird, (4)

The other Gershwin left muddled track (4)

IRA,brother of George.

Italian broadcaster left to carry on (4)

RAI

(US centric)

Rant as retirement account left in shambles (4)

IRA

Tweak

Rant when nest egg left in shambles (4)

Dealer in pork pies returns for a scoff (4)