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Weekend Peer Review 339

Posting on behalf of SimpleSimon

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 3rd May when voting opens. Voting closes at 6 pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:

FARCE (5) or FARCICAL (8)

As a bonus, try this wonderful word: ULTRACRAPIDARIAN (16)

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!

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

This French meat paste is ridiculous (5)

FARCE is French for what we would call "forcemeat"

Absurd French stuffing (5)

Chrise

Two minds with the same thought at the same time. Do you want me to withdraw?

Re part II

Rip nautical radar (16)

I was on the point of saying the same thing, swarb. Leave it - I think it's better than mine!

Oscar knew this from his elbow! (5)

What Oscar was famous for - catching strong behind (5)

History repeating itself twice? (5)

The first is tragedy ... Marx

Inside the Foreign Office it’s a car crash. What a joke! (5)

Formula 1 race sadly in shambles (5)

(Formula 1 dubiously cluing F)