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Weekend Peer Review 352

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 16th July when voting opens. Voting closes at 6 pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is

SOBRIETY (8)

Good luck!

Weekend rules: Each entrant has up to 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 votes count)

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

Drunken boys tire of alcohol (8)

Drunk swallows French cheese, and yes, becomes dry (8)

Baritones without an arrangement add extreme joy to dry spell (8)

Heartless puppet swallows cheese - no spirits in this state.

Sorry, forgot (8) in my clue

Amendment by Tories rejected by Lords! (8)

(by Tories)*
Ref. “as drunk as a Lord”

A state that helps citizens stand on their own two feet (8)

Muddled sober Yankee with it in a dry state. (8)

Drunkard consuming cheese and whiskey finally achieves restraint (8)

BRIE in SOT and (whiske)Y