Cryptic Contest II - Final scores posted

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I just finished compiling the clues and standardizing the explanations.

There is one clue that seems to have a major error, so I have sent a PM to that setter for clarification/correction. As soon as I hear back on that, I'll post the clues.

If I don't hear back by this evening, I'll likely post the list as-is.
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While we wait, let's review the scoring methodology:

1) After reviewing the clues, use the template below to rank them. Just copy paste the clue into the Gold, Silver, or Bronze position, and then send this to me via PM.

DEARTH
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DISPLEASE
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EXPLOIT
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IMPROMPTU
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NASCENT
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NIGHT
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NIKE
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REALM
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Bronze -

SHOT
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TRANSPOSITION
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Bronze -

2) If you submitted clues, you must award 1 medal of each color for each solution. It is important that each participant awards out the same number of points to his/her competitors.

3) You may not vote for your own clues.

4) After receiving all the votes, I will then tabulate the scores, awarding 3 points for Gold, 2 for Silver, 1 for Bronze, and 0 for any clues that miss the podium.

5) We'll award the best three clues for each solution, the best three overall clues regardless of solution, and the best three overall setters based on total score.

If you have any questions, please ask.
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[Vagrant]

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It was a correction to the clue, as there was clear error that made it fail as a clue. Last time around, it was suggested that I do a better job editing these, so I've tried to do that. Remember ESCORT?

I've notified several people of typos, and others errors I've seen that make the clue completely invalid. I haven't suggested any improvements, just notified them of the error and asked them to have another look.

I hope we're all OK with that.

Clues coming momentarily...
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Here are the clues without explanation, for those who prefer them that way.

DEARTH
Centrepiece of a scorched earth strategy! 
Crazed hatred is a sin.
Want to embrace dear Thomas.
Expensive, then broken, now extremely rare.
Shortage of food ends the world.
Honey, this stuffing is not enough to eat.  
There's a lack of exhibits in the seaside art house. 
Barely any loose thread.
Maul scarcity? 
Wanting refined hatred. 
Want sweetie hot, heartless and twisted.
Want termination of Red Planet.
The central trade organization gives rise to supply shortage.  

DISPLEASE
Basic command: let's revolt.
Turn off Defence Industry Security Program rental. 
Worry disrupts sleep aids.  
I'd mix peas with odd smell of incense. 
Boils spread infections around the place.
Lead spies possibly offend. 
Anger management at boot camp excuses the last crusade.  
Offside trap suits Pique. 
Place with an outbreak of measles, for instance, will make one unhappy.
Upset Poet Laureate during illness.
Upset Princess's requests for help end in trouble.
Aggravate sickness swallowing a homeopathic pill.
Anger and upset Pleiades with stark start. 

EXPLOIT
Achieve by slavery!
Just over 50% of explorers have it to use.
Work excessively hard at annoying ex-pilot. 
Arab group invested in a way out escapade. 
Being cross in a polite fashion is an acheivement.
It's an accomplishment to detonate Italy instead of Germany.
Investigating city-center without initial orientation is an achievement.  
My former girlfriend and I got tangled up in a conspiracy; what an adventure!
It's an accomplishment for the Palestine Liberation Organization to leave, broken. 
Act polite about the spot mark. 
Radical group in the middle of way-out stunt.
To leave, going around the Palestine Liberation Organization, is a feat.  
UN observer intervenes in withdrawal, making a coup.  

IMPROMPTU
Unplanned child and his noisy play on the first and second of August.
Unrehearsed concert's boring - I'm put off.
All of a sudden, I heard the devilish child frolic as well. 
Spontaneous fairy orgy connects with the informal, French you. 
I always arrive on time to start unless there’s no preparation done.
I'm always on time - you sound like you're not prepared.
I'm prompt but endless without preparation. 
Unexpectedly, I'm put at ease, having a ball.  
Nice! You followed the devil dance, completely without planning. 
Suddenly re-employ an overseas referee, but ignore his anger. 
A playfully mischievous child to win easily before Tuesday is not planned.  
Improvised PR partially surpasses the modelled optimum.  
Sprite, dance, turn halfway on the fly.

NASCENT
Beginning to naturally rise!
The end of dawn — a rise and beginning of something new.  
Newly created government agency is cut, makes up shortfall with small change.
I might leave. Night cinemas first time playing "Inception".
Beginning to develop keeping on a scent. 
Infantile metal track.  
Blossoming narcissus, a primary aroma. 
Budding narcissi left a perfume.  
Developing nation's first uprising.
Burgeoning North American aroma. 
Noticed a primarily delicious smell developing. 
It smells like sodium at the start. 
Ten cans have gone off, developing sodium smell.

NIGHT - Identical clue submitted by two setters
It's a dark time to cut back with ginko. 
The dark champion lost his head.  
“Closing time!”
Deranged thing in time of darkness.
"From Dusk Till Dawn" audience favors "A Damsel in Distress".  
Near the onset of the dark.
The dark time's noble fighter beheaded.  
Sir sounds dusky. 
Thing is hastily written out between "Twilight" and "Breaking Dawn"?
Weird thing is, there's no sun. 
Where the wild thing is?!
Wild thing, it's time to go to bed. 

NIKE
Greek Goddess exposed in bikini kerfuffle.  
Can I keep holding this symbol of victory?
Victory, even on sickbed.
Exclusively program for this company? 
Victoria leads nobles in Keats' England. 
The goddess of victory leads nonbelievers into final bleak debacle.  
Jordan's promotion was near essential, I hear. 
Fine example for brand new head president. 
She represents victory for North American president.
Pekingese buried a shoe.
Goddess returns with a piece of the King.
A shrieking goddess? Quite the reverse. 
Then I kept finding the goddess of victory. 

REALM
500 pages out of left field.
Only 500 sheets of paper are left in all the land. 
Arboreal monkey's native land. 
Place where Chris sings in front of fifty thousand.
Existing, slightly minute, kingdom.
Genuine medieval kingdom.
A kingdom is occupied by, in fact, a thousand.  
They're almost inside the kingdom.  
Field agent's leader in pursuit of material.
Lamer zone! 
Mare almost held king's interest. 
Not supposed to take on male domain.
Topless area connected to Lord Mayor's kingdom. 

SHOT
A photograph of an assassination victim?
Fired a bullet!  
Exhausted ammunition.
Photo of a spirit. 
Take a guess. 
It might be put in a picture.
You can put this in a photograph.
Swift; hard; on target: Beginners guidelines for an attempt on goal. 
A chance to mess with those without direction. 
Filmed drunk outside hotel.
Every seventh flying saucer chancing on a US city is damaged by gunfire.  
Suspicious host implicated by a smoking gun.  
Blast back to high school. 

TRANSPOSITION
A conversion moving around initial pitch of symphony!  
Conversion involving shifting pitch of initial composition! 
An exchange of excited anti-positrons with no negative particle remaining. 
Has Sumatran's position switched.
Opinions start to change and switch. 
Opinions start to confuse when changing around. 
Prison station exchange! 
Rants about job to change key.
"Rotation" & "Spins" together are indicators of this!
Key change? Soprano isn't prepared to accept it.
So train Spot in gymnastics - it's one way to make a dog into a god.
Trade for toast in prison racket.
Turkish passion erupts into chaos, for a change.  
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And here are the clues with explanations invissed:

DEARTH
Centrepiece of a scorched earth strategy! - DEFINITION: &lit - WORDPLAY: centerpiece of (hidden in center of) scorcheD EARTH strategy = DEARTH
Crazed hatred is a sin.- DEFINITION: sin - WORDPLAY: crazed (anag) HATRED = DEARTH
Want to embrace dear Thomas.- DEFINITION: want  - WORDPLAY: embrace (hidden in) DEAR THomas = DEARTH
Expensive, then broken, now extremely rare.- DEFINITION: extremely rare - WORDPLAY: expensive = DEAR / THen broken = TH / DEAR(TH)
Shortage of food ends the world.- DEFINITION: shortage - WORDPLAY: fooD ends = D / the world = EARTH / D(EARTH)
Honey, this stuffing is not enough to eat.  - DEFINITION: not enough to eat  - WORDPLAY: honey = DEAR / THIS stuffing (removing) IS = TH / DEAR(TH)
There's a lack of exhibits in the seaside art house. - DEFINITION: a lack - WORDPLAY: inside (hidden word) seasiDE ART House = DEARTH
Barely any loose thread. - DEFINITION: barely any - WORDPLAY: loose (anag) THREAD = DEARTH
Maul scarcity? - DEFINITION: scarcity - WORDPLAY: maul = DARTH
Wanting refined hatred. - DEFINITION: wanting - WORDPLAY: refined (anag) HATRED = DEARTH
Want sweetie hot, heartless and twisted.- DEFINITION: want - WORDPLAY: sweetie = DEAR / hot, heartless and twisted = TH / DEAR(TH)
Want termination of Red Planet.- DEFINITION: want - WORDPLAY: termination of red = D / planet = EARTH / D(EARTH)
The central trade organization gives rise to supply shortage.  - DEFINITION: supply shortage - WORDPLAY: tHe central = H / TRADE / organization (anag) H+TRADE = DEARTH - An alternate way to parse: THE / central tRADe / organization (anag) THE+RAD = DEARTH

DISPLEASE
Basic command: let's revolt.- DEFINITION: revolt - WORDPLAY: basic command = DISP / let = LEASE / DISP(LEASE)
Turn off Defence Industry Security Program rental. - DEFINITION: turn off - WORDPLAY: Defence Industry Security Program = DISP / rental = LEASE / DISP(LEASE)
Worry disrupts sleep aids.  - DEFINITION: worry - WORDPLAY: disrupts (anag) SLEEP AIDS = DISPLEASE
I'd mix peas with odd smell of incense. - DEFINITION: incense  - WORDPLAY: ID mix (anag) PEAS with odd (select odd letters) SmElL = IDPEASSEL = DISPLEASE
Boils spread infections around the place.- DEFINITION: boils - WORDPLAY: infections + DISEASE / place = PL / spread around = DIS(PL)EASE
Lead spies possibly offend. - DEFINITION: offend - WORDPLAY: LEAD SPIES possibly (anag) = DISPLEASE
Anger management at boot camp excuses the last crusade.  - DEFINITION: anger  - WORDPLAY: management at boot camp = DIS (drill instructors) / excuses = PLEAS / last crusadE = E / DIS(PLEAS)(E)
Offside trap suits Pique. - DEFINITION: pique - WORDPLAY: off (anag) SIDE = DISE / suits = PLEAS / traps (contained by) = DIS(PLEAS)E
Place with an outbreak of measles, for instance, will make one unhappy. - DEFINITION: make one unhappy - WORDPLAY: place = PL / measles, for instance = DISEASE / with an outbreak of (containing) DIS(PL)EASE 
Upset Poet Laureate during illness.- DEFINITION: upset - WORDPLAY: poet laureate = PL / illness = DISEASE / during (contained by) = DIS(PL)EASE
Upset Princess's requests for help end in trouble.- DEFINITION: upset - WORDPLAY: princess's = DIS / requests for help = PLEAS / end in troublE = E / DIS(PLEAS)(E)
Aggravate sickness swallowing a homeopathic pill. - DEFINITION: aggravate - WORDPLAY: sickness = DISEASE / homeopathic pill = PL / swallowing = DIS(PL)EASE
Anger and upset Pleiades with stark start. - DEFINITION: anger - WORDPLAY: upset (anag) PLEIADES with Stark start = DISPLEASE

EXPLOIT
Achieve by slavery!- DEFINITION: achieve / &lit (double def) - WORDPLAY: -
Just over 50% of explorers have it to use. - DEFINITION: to use - WORDPLAY: Just over 50% of explorers = EXPLO / have IT / EXPLO(IT)
Work excessively hard at annoying ex-pilot. - DEFINITION: work excessively hard  - WORDPLAY: annoying of (anag) EXPILOT = EXPLOIT
Arab group invested in a way out escapade. - DEFINITION: escapade - WORDPLAY: arab group = PLO / a way out = EXIT / invested in (contained) = EX(PLO)IT
Being cross in a polite fashion is an acheivement.- DEFINITION: an acheivement - WORDPLAY: being cross = X / POLITE fashion (anagram) = EPLOIT / in a (contained by) = E(X)PLOIT
It's an accomplishment to detonate Italy instead of Germany. - DEFINITION: an accomplishment - WORDPLAY: detonate = EXPLODE / EXPLODEIT = EXPLOIT
Investigating city-center without initial orientation is an achievement.  - DEFINITION: achievement - WORDPLAY: investigating = EXPLORING / cITy center = IT / intial Orientation = O = RING / without (deletion) EXPLORINGIT = EXPLOIT
My former girlfriend and I got tangled up in a conspiracy; what an adventure!- DEFINITION: an adventure - WORDPLAY: my former girlfriend = EX / a conspiracy = PLOT / I tangled up in PLOT = PLO(I)T / EX(PLO(I)T)
It's an accomplishment for the Palestine Liberation Organization to leave, broken. - DEFINITION: it's an accomplishment - WORDPLAY: Palestine Liberation Organization = PLO / to leave = EXIT / broken (containing) = EX(PLO)IT
Act polite about the spot mark. - DEFINITION: act - WORDPLAY: POLITE about (anag)= EPLOIT / the spot mark = X / about (containing) = E(X)PLOIT
Radical group in the middle of way-out stunt. - DEFINITION: stunt - WORDPLAY: radical group = PLO / way-out = EXIT / in the middle of (contained by) = EX(PLO)IT
To leave, going around the Palestine Liberation Organization, is a feat.  - DEFINITION: a feat - WORDPLAY: to leave = EXIT / palistine liberation organization = PLO / going around = EX(PLO)IT
UN observer intervenes in withdrawal, making a coup.  - DEFINITION: coup  - WORDPLAY: un observer = PLO / withdrawal = EXIT / intervenes in = EX(PLO)IT

IMPROMPTU
Unplanned child and his noisy play on the first and second of August.- DEFINITION: unplanned - WORDPLAY: child = IMP / noisy play = ROMP / The first = T / second of aUgust = U / IMP(ROMP)(T)(U)
Unrehearsed concert's boring - I'm put off.- DEFINITION: unrehearsed - WORDPLAY: concert's = PROM / IM + PUT off (anag) = IMPTU / boring (contained by) = IM(PROM)PTU
All of a sudden, I heard the devilish child frolic as well. - DEFINITION: all of a sudden - WORDPLAY: devilish child = IMP / frolic = ROMP / as well = TOO / I heard (homophone) IMP ROMP TOO = IMPROMPTU
Spontaneous fairy orgy connects with the informal, French you. - DEFINITION: spontaneous - WORDPLAY: fairy = IMP / orgy = ROMP / the informal French you = TU / IMP(ROMP)(TU)
I always arrive on time to start unless there’s no preparation done. - DEFINITION: there's no preparation done - WORDPLAY: I always arrive on time = IM PROMPT / to start Unless = U / IM PROMPT(U)
I'm always on time - you sound like you're not prepared.- DEFINITION: not prepared - WORDPLAY: im always on time = IM PROMPT / you sound (homophone) = U / IM PROMPT(U)
I'm prompt but endless without preparation. - DEFINITION: without preparation  - WORDPLAY: IM PROMPT / BUT endless = BUT / IM PROMPT (U)
Unexpectedly, I'm put at ease, having a ball.  - DEFINITION: unexpectedly  - WORDPLAY: IM PUT at ease (anag) = IMPTU / a ball = PROM / having = IM(PROM)PTU
Nice! You followed the devil dance, completely without planning. - DEFINITION: without planning - WORDPLAY: nice (france) you = TU / devil dance = IMP ROMP / IMP ROMP(TU)
Suddenly re-employ an overseas referee, but ignore his anger. - DEFINITION: suddenly - WORDPLAY: overseas = IMPORT / referee = UMPIRE / ignore his anger = remove IRE / re-employ (anag) IMPORT + UMP = IMPROMPTU
A playfully mischievous child to win easily before Tuesday is not planned.  - DEFINITION: not planned - WORDPLAY: playfully mischeivous child = IMP / win easily = ROMP / Tuesday = Tu / IMP(ROMP)(TU)
Improvised PR partially surpasses the modelled optimum.  - DEFINITION: improvised - WORDPLAY: PR partially surpasses (contained in) modelled (anag) OPTIMUM = IMOMPTU / IM(PR)OMPTU
Sprite, dance, turn halfway on the fly. - DEFINITION: on the fly - WORDPLAY: sprite = IMP / dance = ROMP / turn halfway = TU / IMP(ROMP)(TU)

NASCENT
Beginning to naturally rise! - DEFINITION: &lit - WORDPLAY: beginning to Naturally = N / rise = ASCENT / N(ASCENT)
The end of dawn — a rise and beginning of something new.  - DEFINITION: beginning of something new - WORDPLAY: end of dawN = N / a rise = ACSENT / N(ASCENT)
Newly created government agency is cut, makes up shortfall with small change.- DEFINITION: newly created - WORDPLAY: government agency = NASA / is cut = NASA = NAS / made up shortfall with small change = CENT / NAS(CENT)
I might leave. Night cinemas first time playing "Inception".- DEFINITION: inception - WORDPLAY: I MIGHT leave (remove from) NIGHT CINEMAS = NCNEAS / first Time = T / playing (anagram) NCNEAST = NASCENT
Beginning to develop keeping on a scent. - DEFINITION: beginning to develop  - WORDPLAY: keeping (hidden word) oN A SCENT = NASCENT
Infantile metal track.  - DEFINITION: infantile  - WORDPLAY: metal = sodium = NA / track = SCENT / NA(SCENT)
Blossoming narcissus, a primary aroma. - DEFINITION: blossoming - WORDPLAY: Narcissi A primary = NA / aroma = SCENT / NA(SCENT)
Budding narcissi left a perfume.  - DEFINITION: budding - WORDPLAY: Narcissi left = N / a perfume = A SCENT / N(A SCENT)
Developing nation's first uprising.- DEFINITION: developing - WORDPLAY: nations first = N / uprising = ASCENT / N(ASCENT)
Burgeoning North American aroma. - DEFINITION: burgeoning - WORDPLAY: North American = NA / aroma = SCENT / NA(SCENT)
Noticed a primarily delicious smell developing. - DEFINITION: developing - WORDPLAY: Noticed A primarily = NA / delicious smell = SCENT / (NA)SCENT
It smells like sodium at the start. - DEFINITION: at the start - WORDPLAY: sodium = NA / smells = SCENT / NA(SCENT)
Ten cans have gone off, developing sodium smell. - DEFINITION: developing - WORDPLAY: TEN CANS have gone off (anag) = NASCENT / sodium = NA / smell = SCENT / NA(SCENT)

NIGHT - Identical clue submitted by two setters
It's a dark time to cut back with ginko. - DEFINITION: it's a dark time - WORDPLAY: back (reversal) wiTH GINko = NIGHT
The dark champion lost his head.  - DEFINITION: the dark - WORDPLAY: champion = KNIGHT / lost his head = KNIGHT = NIGHT
“Closing time!” - DEFINITION: &lit (bar announcement typically signaling night) - WORDPLAY: closing = NIGH / time = T / NIGH(T)
Deranged thing in time of darkness.- DEFINITION: time of darkness - WORDPLAY: deranged (anagram) THING= NIGHT
"From Dusk Till Dawn" audience favors "A Damsel in Distress".  - DEFINITION: from dusk til dawn - WORDPLAY: favors a damsel in distress = KNIGHT / audience (homophone) = NIGHT
Near the onset of the dark.- DEFINITION: dark - WORDPLAY: near = NIGH / the onset of The = T / NIGH(T)
The dark time's noble fighter beheaded.  - DEFINITION: dark time - WORDPLAY: noble fighter = KNIGHT / beheaded = KNIGHT = NIGHT
Sir sounds dusky. - DEFINITION: dusky - WORDPLAY: sir = KNIGHT / sounds (homophone) = NIGHT
Thing is hastily written out between "Twilight" and "Breaking Dawn"?- DEFINITION: between twilight and breaking dawn - WORDPLAY: THING hastily written out (anagram) = NIGHT
Weird thing is, there's no sun. - DEFINITION: there's no sun  - WORDPLAY: weird (anag) THING = NIGHT
Where the wild thing is?!- DEFINITION: &lit - WORDPLAY: wild (anag) THING = NIGHT
Wild thing, it's time to go to bed. - DEFINITION: it's time to go to bed - WORDPLAY: wild (anag) THING = NIGHT

NIKE
Greek Goddess exposed in bikini kerfuffle.  - DEFINITION: greek goddess  - WORDPLAY: exposed in (hidden word) bikiNI Kerfuffle = NIKE
Can I keep holding this symbol of victory? - DEFINITION: symbol of victory - WORDPLAY: caN I Keep holding (hidden word) = NIKE 
Victory, even on sickbed.- DEFINITION: victory - WORDPLAY: even (select even letters) oNsIcKbEd = NIKE
Exclusively program for this company? - DEFINITION: this company - WORDPLAY: exclusively program = JUST DO IT (IT, as in programming), the slogan for NIKE
Victoria leads nobles in Keats' England. - DEFINITION: victoria (roman equivalent) - WORDPLAY: leads (initials) Nobles In Keats England = NIKE
The goddess of victory leads nonbelievers into final bleak debacle.  - DEFINITION: goddess of victory - WORDPLAY: leads Nonbelievers Into = NI / final bleaK debaclE = KE / NI(KE)
Jordan's promotion was near essential, I hear. - DEFINITION: jordan's promotion (michael jordan famously promoted nike) - WORDPLAY: near = NIGH / essential = KEY / I hear (homophone) NIGH KEY = NIKE
Fine example for brand new head president. - DEFINITION: fine example for brand  - WORDPLAY: New head = N / president = IKE / N(IKE)
She represents victory for North American president.- DEFINITION: she represents victory - WORDPLAY: north = N / american president = IKE / N(IKE)
Pekingese buried a shoe.- DEFINITION: a shoe - WORDPLAY: pEKINgese buried (reversal) = NIKE
Goddess returns with a piece of the King.- DEFINITION: goddess - WORDPLAY: returns (reversal) with piece of (hidden word) thE KINg = NIKE
A shrieking goddess? Quite the reverse. - DEFINITION: goddess - WORDPLAY: reverse (within) shriEKINg = NIKE
Then I kept finding the goddess of victory. - DEFINITION: the goddess of victory - WORDPLAY: theN I KEpt finding (hidden word) = NIKE

REALM
500 pages out of left field. - DEFINITION: field - WORDPLAY: 500 pages = REAM / left = L / out of (contained by) = REA(L)M
Only 500 sheets of paper are left in all the land. - DEFINITION: all the land - WORDPLAY: 500 sheets = REAM / left = L / in = REA(L)M
Arboreal monkey's native land. - DEFINITION: land - WORDPLAY: arboREAL Monkeys native (hidden word) = REALM
Place where Chris sings in front of fifty thousand.- DEFINITION: place - WORDPLAY: chris = REA / fifty = L / thousand = M / REA(L)(M)
Existing, slightly minute, kingdom.- DEFINITION: kingdom - WORDPLAY: existing = REAL / slightly (abbr) minute = M / REAL(M)
Genuine medieval kingdom. - DEFINITION: kingdom - WORDPLAY: genuine = REAL / medieval = M / REAL(M)
A kingdom is occupied by, in fact, a thousand.  - DEFINITION: a kingdom - WORDPLAY: in fact = REAL / a thousand = M / REAL(M)
They're almost inside the kingdom.  - DEFINITION: kingdom - WORDPLAY: inside (hidden word) theyRE ALMost = REALM
Field agent's leader in pursuit of material. - DEFINITION: field  - WORDPLAY: material = REAL / agents leader = M (as in Bond) / REAL(M)
Lamer zone! - DEFINITION: &lit - WORDPLAY: LAMER zone (anag) = REALM
Mare almost held king's interest. - DEFINITION: interest - WORDPLAY: maRE ALMost held (hidden word) = REALM
Not supposed to take on male domain.- DEFINITION: domain - WORDPLAY: not supposed = REAL / to take on male = M / REAL(M)
Topless area connected to Lord Mayor's kingdom. - DEFINITION: kingdom  - WORDPLAY: topless AREA = AREA = REA / Lord Mayor = LM / REA(LM)

SHOT
A photograph of an assassination victim?- DEFINITION: photograph / assasination victim (double def) - WORDPLAY: -
Fired a bullet!  - DEFINITION: fired / a bullet (double def) - WORDPLAY: -
Exhausted ammunition.- DEFINITION: exhausted / ammunition (double def) - WORDPLAY: -
Photo of a spirit. - DEFINITION: photo / a spirit (double def)  - WORDPLAY: -
Take a guess. - DEFINITION: take / a guess (double def) - WORDPLAY: -
It might be put in a picture.- DEFINITION: it might be put (as in shot put) / picture (double def) - WORDPLAY: -
You can put this in a photograph. - DEFINITION: you can put this (as in shot put) / photograph (double def) - WORDPLAY: -
Swift; hard; on target: Beginners guidelines for an attempt on goal. - DEFINITION: an attempt on goal - WORDPLAY: beginner's guidelines (intials) Swift Hard On Target = SHOT
A chance to mess with those without direction. - DEFINITION: a chance - WORDPLAY: direction = E / THOSE without direction = THOSE / mess with THOS = SHOT
Filmed drunk outside hotel.- DEFINITION: filmed - WORDPLAY: drunk = SOT / hotel = H / outside (contained by) = S(H)OT
Every seventh flying saucer chancing on a US city is damaged by gunfire.  - DEFINITION: damaged by gunfire - WORDPLAY: every seventh flyingSaucercHancingOnausciTy = SHOT
Suspicious host implicated by a smoking gun.  - DEFINITION: implicated by a smoking gun  - WORDPLAY: suspicious (anag) HOST = SHOT
Blast back to high school. - DEFINITION: blast - WORDPLAY: TO / High School = HS / back (reversal) TOHS = SHOT

TRANSPOSITION
A conversion moving around initial pitch of symphony!  - DEFINITION: &lit (musical reference) - WORDPLAY: conversion = TRANSITION / initial Pitch Of Symphony = POS / moving around (container) = TRANS(POS)ITION
Conversion involving shifting pitch of initial composition! - DEFINITION: &lit (musical reference) - WORDPLAY: conversion = TRANSITION / Shifting Pitch Of initial = SPO / involving (container) = TRAN(SPO)SITION
An exchange of excited anti-positrons with no negative particle remaining. - DEFINITION: an exchange - WORDPLAY: excited (anag)ANTI-POSITRONS = TRAN-SPOSITION / no negative particle remaining = remove the "minus" sign = TRANSPOSITION
Has Sumatran's position switched.- DEFINITION: switched  - WORDPLAY: has (hidden word) sumaTRANS POSITION = TRANSPOSITION
Opinions start to change and switch. - DEFINITION: switch - WORDPLAY: OPINIONS START to change (anag) = TRANSPOSITION
Opinions start to confuse when changing around. - DEFINITION: changing around - WORDPLAY: OPINIONS START to confuse (anag) = TRANSPOSITION
Prison station exchange! - DEFINITION: &lit - WORDPLAY: PRISON STATION exhange (anag) = TRANSPOSITION
Rants about job to change key.- DEFINITION: change key - WORDPLAY: RANTS about (anag) = TRANS / job = POSITION / TRANS(POSITION)
"Rotation" & "Spins" together are indicators of this!- DEFINITION: &lit - WORDPLAY: ROTATION SPINS together (anag) = TRANSPOSITION
Key change? Soprano isn't prepared to accept it.- DEFINITION: key change - WORDPLAY: SOPRANO ISNT prepared (anag) = TRANSPOSION / to accept (contain) IT = TRANSPOS(IT)ION
So train Spot in gymnastics - it's one way to make a dog into a god. - DEFINITION: one way to make a dog into a god - WORDPLAY: SOTRAINSPOTIN gymnastics (anag) = TRANSPOSITION
Trade for toast in prison racket. - DEFINITION: trade - WORDPLAY: TOAST IN PRISON racket (anag) = TRANSPOSITION
Turkish passion erupts into chaos, for a change.  - DEFINITION: change  - WORDPLAY: turkish = TR / PASSION erupts (anag) = ANSPOSI / INTO chaos (anag) = TION / TR(ANSPOSI)(TION)
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[Amb]

I can say one thing, there are some great clues in here!

[Suspence]

Voting will be open til until 11:59 (GMT -4) on Wednesday 8/29. Please try to submit your votes by that date.
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[novice]

Ack, hard to choose just three clues here...

[3iff]

Thanks for publishing the clues without explanations. What's even better is that after making my choices I can then look at the explanations and make changes if I wish.

Many thanks for that.

[Suspence]

Three notes:

1) Just a reminder that you may not vote for your own clues. I had a submission where this rule was missed by the voter, so I asked for a revision.

2) I made a copying error in one clue - I apologize to the setter. The clue is Developing nations first uprising. It should be listed as Developing nation's first uprising. If this affects the scoring of anyone who previously submitted scores (i.e. you would have voted for it - or voted it higher - but the lack of the apostrophe moved it down), you may choose to revise your score and notify me via PM.

3) If I mis-copied any other clues, and they belong to you, please notify me. I'll apologize effusively, and correct it in the thread as above.
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[Jack_Ian]

What happens with the identical clue?
Two people are blocked from voting for it.
I guess it serves them right for being unoriginal (unless it's mine, in which case I should be allowed to vote for my own so that my vote will go to the other guy )

[Suspence]

I've notified the two users who posted the identical clue. They will be allowed to vote for their own clue in just that one scenario, however, only the other user will receive points.

As for how I determine the rest of the points when the identical clue is voted for, I'll make sure I come up with something equitable. I know we discussed some good options before, so I'll re-read that conversation and make a final decision.
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[Zag]

Sent. Wow, some really great clues! I had been a lot more happy with this batch than with the last, when I sent in my clues. However, in the judging, if we had been allowed to choose our own, I would only have given myself one silver and one bronze.

[Suspence]

Five votes in so far. One setter has a fairly sizable lead in the overall competition...
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[Suspence]

Should I submit votes on clues, excluding the published cryptic clues from my voting?

It seems like I should, to avoid any unfair advantage to the published clues.

EDIT: Done...
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[Suspence]

9 votes in so far:

1) Scurra
2) DejMar
3) 3iff
4) Jack_Ian
5) Zag
6) esme
7) novice
8) Vagrant
9) Published - voted by me

Votes still needed from these folks, though there's still plenty of time:

1) Amb
2) Elethiomel
3) Thok
4) groza528
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[Amb]

Im about 50% through my marking. This is harder than the first competition

[Amb]

I'm a bit behind in marking. I'm hoping to have some in in the next 5-6 hours. How much time is there left?

[Elethiomel]

I kind of forgot about this, will submit my votes tomorrow (in around 12 hours).

[Thok]

I've done one so far. I'll try to finish up tonight.

[Elethiomel]

Sent. Some great clues that I didn't really discover until looking very closely at where to place my votes. I also find that when several clues revolve around a similar wordplay, I am more inclined to pass over all of them, so being original is implicitly rewarded.

[Thok]

Bleh. I've done three so far, and I'll try to do the rest tonight when I get back from work.

[Suspence]

Amb, I originally said that voting will be open til until 11:59 (GMT -4) on Wednesday 8/29. Please let me know if that doesn't work for you.
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[groza528]

I think I should be able to finish my votes tonight after work.

[esme*]

Suspence, if it isn't too much work, you could also make a statistic for the fictional user "1" who wrote all first entries in the list, and so on, to see which places in the lists are the most advantageous.

[Amb]

My votes are sent. And I have no bias to the order, because I was scoring each clue on a series of things eg Misdirection, cleverness of definition, wordplay etc - and then had Excel sort the ones with the highest score.

Apologies for the length of time I took. My free time has been eaten by some unexpected RL annoyances.

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[Thok]

6 down 4 to go.

[groza528]

Mine are in!

[Suspence]

Just waiting for Thok to finish up, though first place has already been clinched.
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[Thok]

Votes sent.

[Suspence]

Received...calculating now.
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[Suspence]

Overall Rankings:

GOLD - Published - 131 points (30 G / 17 S / 7 B)
SILVER - Vagrant - 82 points (15 G / 12 S / 13 B)
BRONZE - novice - 79 points (21 G / 4 S / 8 B)
4th - groza528 - 78 points (11 G / 17 S / 11 B)
5th - Elethiomel - 67 points (15 G / 7 S / 8 B)
6th - Scurra - 63 points (15 G / 6 S / 6 B)
7th - Thok - 56 points (6 G / 12 S / 14 B)
8th - esme - 51 points (4 G / 11 S / 17 B)
9th - Amb - 48 points (8 G / 8 S / 8 B)
10th - 3iff - 41 points (1 G / 14 S / 10 B)
11th - Jack_Ian - 35 points (4 G / 6 S / 11 B)
12th - Dej Mar - 29 points (3 G / 5 S / 10 B)
13th - Zag - 25 points (1 G / 7 S / 8 B)
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Individual Clue Rankings:

DEARTH
GOLD - novice - 21 points (6 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Centrepiece of a scorched earth strategy! 
SILVER - Elethiomel - 11 points (3 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Honey, this stuffing is not enough to eat.  
BRONZE - Vagrant - 8 points (2 G / 0 S / 2 B) - Barely any loose thread.
4th - esme - 7 points (0 G / 1 S / 5 B) - The central trade organization gives rise to supply shortage.  
5th - Amb - 6 points (1 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Want sweetie hot, heartless and twisted.
6th - Published - 6 points (0 G / 3 S / 0 B) - Want termination of Red Planet.
7th - groza528 - 6 points (0 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Shortage of food ends the world.
8th - 3iff - 5 points (0 G / 2 S / 1 B) - There's a lack of exhibits in the seaside art house. 
9th - Jack_Ian - 4 points (1 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Want to embrace dear Thomas.
10th - Scurra - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Expensive, then broken, now extremely rare.
10th - Thok - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Wanting refined hatred. 
12th - Dej Mar - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Crazed hatred is a sin.
12th - Zag - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Maul scarcity? 

DISPLEASE
GOLD - Scurra - 15 points (4 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Upset Princess's requests for help end in trouble.
SILVER - Published - 10 points (2 G / 1 S / 2 B) - Upset Poet Laureate during illness.
BRONZE - esme - 7 points (2 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Aggravate sickness swallowing a homeopathic pill.
4th - groza528 - 7 points (1 G / 2 S / 0 B) - Basic command: let's revolt.
4th - Vagrant - 7 points (1 G / 2 S / 0 B) - Place with an outbreak of measles, for instance, will make one unhappy.
6th - Dej Mar - 7 points (0 G / 2 S / 3 B) - Worry disrupts sleep aids.  
7th - novice - 5 points (1 G / 0 S / 2 B) - Offside trap suits Pique. 
8th - 3iff - 5 points (0 G / 2 S / 1 B) - Lead spies possibly offend. 
9th - Jack_Ian - 4 points (1 G / 0 S / 1 B) - I'd mix peas with odd smell of incense. 
10th - Amb - 3 points (1 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Boils spread infections around the place.
11th - Thok - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Anger and upset Pleiades with stark start. 
11th - Elethiomel - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Anger management at boot camp excuses the last crusade.  
13th - Zag - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Turn off Defence Industry Security Program rental. 

EXPLOIT
GOLD - Scurra - 23 points (7 G / 1 S / 0 B) - My former girlfriend and I got tangled up in a conspiracy; what an adventure!
SILVER - Published - 15 points (3 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Being cross in a polite fashion is an acheivement.
BRONZE - Thok - 10 points (1 G / 2 S / 3 B) - Arab group invested in a way out escapade. 
4th - 3iff - 10 points (0 G / 3 S / 4 B) - It's an accomplishment to detonate Italy instead of Germany.
5th - groza528 - 6 points (0 G / 3 S / 0 B) - Radical group in the middle of way-out stunt.
6th - Vagrant - 5 points (1 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Just over 50% of explorers have it to use.
7th - Amb - 4 points (0 G / 1 S / 2 B) - Achieve by slavery!
8th - novice - 3 points (1 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Act polite about the spot mark. 
9th - Elethiomel - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - UN observer intervenes in withdrawal, making a coup.  
9th - Jack_Ian - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Work excessively hard at annoying ex-pilot. 
11th - esme - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Investigating city-center without initial orientation is an achievement.  
11th - Zag - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - It's an accomplishment for the Palestine Liberation Organization to leave, broken. 
11th - Dej Mar - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - To leave, going around the Palestine Liberation Organization, is a feat.  

IMPROMPTU
GOLD - Vagrant - 15 points (4 G / 1 S / 1 B) - I always arrive on time to start unless there’s no preparation done.
SILVER - Scurra - 12 points (3 G / 1 S / 1 B) - I'm always on time - you sound like you're not prepared.
BRONZE - Elethiomel - 11 points (3 G / 0 S / 2 B) - Unexpectedly, I'm put at ease, having a ball.  
4th - Amb - 10 points (1 G / 2 S / 3 B) - Unplanned child and his noisy play on the first and second of August.
5th - Zag - 8 points (1 G / 2 S / 1 B) - Nice! You followed the devil dance, completely without planning. 
6th - esme - 6 points (0 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Improvised PR partially surpasses the modelled optimum.  
7th - Published - 5 points (1 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Unrehearsed concert's boring - I'm put off.
8th - novice - 4 points (0 G / 2 S / 0 B) - Spontaneous fairy orgy connects with the informal, French you. 
9th - groza528 - 4 points (0 G / 1 S / 2 B) - Sprite, dance, turn halfway on the fly.
10th - Jack_Ian - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - I'm prompt but endless without preparation. 
11th - Thok - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - All of a sudden, I heard the devilish child frolic as well. 
12th - Dej Mar - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - A playfully mischievous child to win easily before Tuesday is not planned.  
12th - 3iff - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Suddenly re-employ an overseas referee, but ignore his anger. 

NASCENT
GOLD - groza528 - 23 points (6 G / 2 S / 1 B) - Beginning to naturally rise!
SILVER - Published - 21 points (5 G / 3 S / 0 B) - Developing nations first uprising.
BRONZE - Dej Mar - 8 points (1 G / 1 S / 3 B) - The end of dawn — a rise and beginning of something new.  
4th - Scurra - 5 points (1 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Newly created government agency is cut, makes up shortfall with small change.
5th - Vagrant - 5 points (0 G / 2 S / 1 B) - Ten cans have gone off, developing sodium smell.
6th - Thok - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Burgeoning North American aroma. 
6th - Elethiomel - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Infantile metal track.  
8th - Jack_Ian - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Beginning to develop keeping on a scent. 
8th - 3iff - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - It smells like sodium at the start. 
10th - Zag - 2 points (0 G / 0 S / 2 B) - Blossoming narcissus, a primary aroma. 
10th - esme - 2 points (0 G / 0 S / 2 B) - Budding narcissi left a perfume.  
10th - novice - 2 points (0 G / 0 S / 2 B) - Noticed a primarily delicious smell developing. 
13th - Amb - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - I might leave. Night cinemas first time playing "Inception".

NIGHT
GOLD - novice / Vagrant - 16 points (5 G / 0 S / 1 B) - "Closing time!" 
SILVER - Jack_Ian - 12 points (2 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Weird thing is, there's no sun. 
BRONZE - Dej Mar - 8 points (2 G / 0 S / 2 B) - The dark champion lost his head.  
4th - Published - 8 points (1 G / 2 S / 1 B) - Near the onset of the dark.
5th - Thok - 7 points (1 G / 1 S / 2 B) - Wild thing, it's time to go to bed. 
6th - Amb - 5 points (1 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Thing is hastily written out between "Twilight" and "Breaking Dawn"?
7th - Elethiomel - 3 points (1 G / 0 S / 0 B) - "From Dusk Till Dawn" audience favors "A Damsel in Distress".  
8th - groza528 - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Deranged thing in time of darkness.
8th - esme - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - The dark time's noble fighter beheaded.  
10th - Zag - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - It's a dark time to cut back with ginko. 
10th - 3iff - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Sir sounds dusky. 
10th - Scurra - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Where the wild thing is?!

NIKE
GOLD - Elethiomel - 16 points (4 G / 2 S / 0 B) - Greek Goddess exposed in bikini kerfuffle.  
SILVER - Published - 14 points (4 G / 1 S / 0 B) - She represents victory for North American president.
BRONZE - Thok - 14 points (2 G / 3 S / 2 B) - Jordan's promotion was near essential, I hear. 
4th - groza528 - 10 points (2 G / 2 S / 0 B) - Victory, even on sickbed.
5th - esme - 5 points (0 G / 1 S / 3 B) - The goddess of victory leads nonbelievers into final bleak debacle.  
6th - Vagrant - 4 points (1 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Can I keep holding this symbol of victory?
7th - Scurra - 4 points (0 G / 1 S / 2 B) - Goddess returns with a piece of the King.
8th - Jack_Ian - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Fine example for brand new head president. 
8th - Amb - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Pekingese buried a shoe.
10th - 3iff - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - A shrieking goddess? Quite the reverse. 
11th - Zag - 2 points (0 G / 0 S / 2 B) - Then I kept finding the goddess of victory. 
12th - Dej Mar - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Victoria leads nobles in Keats' England. 
13th - novice - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Exclusively program for this company? 

REALM
GOLD - Published - 16 points (4 G / 2 S / 0 B) - Not supposed to take on male domain.
SILVER - esme - 15 points (2 G / 4 S / 1 B) - They're almost inside the kingdom.  
BRONZE - novice - 12 points (3 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Arboreal monkey's native land. 
4th - Vagrant - 9 points (1 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Genuine medieval kingdom.
4th - Thok - 9 points (1 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Mare almost held king's interest. 
6th - Elethiomel - 7 points (2 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Field agent's leader in pursuit of material.
7th - groza528 - 4 points (0 G / 1 S / 2 B) - 500 pages out of left field.
8th - Dej Mar - 3 points (0 G / 1 S / 1 B) - A kingdom is occupied by, in fact, a thousand.  
9th - 3iff - 3 points (0 G / 0 S / 3 B) - Only 500 sheets of paper are left in all the land. 
10th - Amb - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Existing, slightly minute, kingdom.
10th - Zag - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Lamer zone! 
10th - Scurra - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Place where Chris sings in front of fifty thousand.
10th - Jack_Ian - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Topless area connected to Lord Mayor's kingdom. 

SHOT
GOLD - Published - 15 points (5 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Filmed drunk outside hotel.
SILVER - groza528 - 12 points (2 G / 3 S / 0 B) - Exhausted ammunition.
BRONZE - Elethiomel - 12 points (2 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Suspicious host implicated by a smoking gun.  
4th - 3iff - 11 points (1 G / 4 S / 0 B) - Swift; hard; on target: Beginners guidelines for an attempt on goal. 
5th - Zag - 6 points (0 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Blast back to high school. 
6th - Vagrant - 5 points (1 G / 0 S / 2 B) - You can put this in a photograph.
7th - Amb - 4 points (1 G / 0 S / 1 B) - A photograph of an assassination victim?
8th - Jack_Ian - 4 points (0 G / 1 S / 2 B) - Photo of a spirit. 
9th - novice - 3 points (1 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Take a guess. 
10th - Dej Mar - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Fired a bullet!  
11th - Thok - 2 points (0 G / 0 S / 2 B) - A chance to mess with those without direction. 
12th - esme - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Every seventh flying saucer chancing on a US city is damaged by gunfire.  
12th - Scurra - 1 point (0 G / 0 S / 1 B) - It might be put in a picture.

TRANSPOSITION
GOLD - Published - 21 points (5 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Key change? Soprano isn't prepared to accept it.
SILVER - novice - 13 points (4 G / 0 S / 1 B) - Conversion involving shifting pitch of initial composition! 
BRONZE - Amb - 13 points (3 G / 2 S / 0 B) - "Rotation" & "Spins" together are indicators of this!
4th - Vagrant - 9 points (0 G / 3 S / 3 B) - So train Spot in gymnastics - it's one way to make a dog into a god.
5th - Thok - 5 points (1 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Opinions start to change and switch. 
6th - esme - 5 points (0 G / 2 S / 1 B) - A conversion moving around initial pitch of symphony!  
7th - Zag - 4 points (0 G / 2 S / 0 B) - Prison station exchange! 
8th - Jack_Ian - 3 points (0 G / 0 S / 3 B) - Has Sumatran's position switched.
8th - groza528 - 3 points (0 G / 0 S / 3 B) - Trade for toast in prison racket.
10th - 3iff - 2 points (0 G / 1 S / 0 B) - Opinions start to confuse when changing around. 
11th - Dej Mar - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - An exchange of excited anti-positrons with no negative particle remaining. 
11th - Scurra - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Rants about job to change key.
11th - Elethiomel - 0 points (0 G / 0 S / 0 B) - Turkish passion erupts into chaos, for a change.  
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Best Overall Clue rankings:

GOLD - Scurra - 23 points (7 G / 1 S / 0 B) - My former girlfriend and I got tangled up in a conspiracy; what an adventure! - EXPLOIT
SILVER - groza528 - 23 points (6 G / 2 S / 1 B) - Beginning to naturally rise! - NASCENT
BRONZE - novice - 21 points (6 G / 1 S / 1 B) - Centrepiece of a scorched earth strategy! - DEARTH
4th - Published - 21 points (5 G / 3 S / 0 B) - Developing nations first uprising. - NASCENT
5th - Published - 21 points (5 G / 2 S / 2 B) - Key change? Soprano isn't prepared to accept it. - TRANSPOSITION
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Positional rankings (as requested by esme):

1 - 58 points (12 G / 6 S / 10 B)
2 - 82 points (19 G / 8 S / 9 B)
3 - 51 points (9 G / 7 S / 10 B)
4 - 58 points (11 G / 8 S / 9 B)
5 - 46 points (8 G / 7 S / 8 B)
6 - 100 points (22 G / 13 S / 8 B)
7 - 51 points (4 G / 14 S / 11 B)
8 - 47 points (5 G / 9 S / 14 B)
9 - 82 points (16 G / 14 S / 6 B)
10 - 44 points (5 G / 10 S / 9 B)
11 - 63 points (8 G / 13 S / 13 B)
12 - 58 points (9 G / 9 S / 13 B)
13 - 45 points (6 G / 8 S / 11 B)
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[novice]

Congratulations to Vagrant for proving that the first contest wasn't a fluke. And a convincing victory by the published clue - I think this neatly demonstrates selection bias at work.

[Elethiomel]

Hehe, indeed. I totally blame Suspence for picking all of the best published clues he could find. (I don't mind, though; it sets the bar suitably high.)

I thought I had made a pretty solid submission, but this is a tough field.

[Elethiomel]

I think this clue deserves a little more recognition:

4th - Vagrant - 9 points (0 G / 3 S / 3 B) - So train Spot in gymnastics - it's one way to make a dog into a god.

I think the surface reading is simply brilliant here, the definition is very clever, and there's nothing to deduct for the wordplay, either. I did rank the published clue above it, but it was a close call.