As ever many excellent clues. I felt obliged to pick a winner that made some reference to the target word being a palindrome. That ruled out some great clues. Sorry guys- you know who you are. I’m not sure whether Siamcat picked up on it or not, maybe if her clue had spelt it out from the last letter of each word as well. A special word for Nimrod. Welcome aboard. Unfortunately your clue made me a bit dizzy because I always get Layla mixed up with that girl laying on my big brass bed.
Just a few comments about some of the others. If I have left you out, it’s nothing personal.
AB is starting to get on my nerves. I know he didn’t refer to the palindrome but how does he always come up with such an elegant clue. In a fair world he would probably win every week. But it isn’t a fair world thank God. The Joker produced a cracker. But I can’t let him win this world famous competition and give the oxygen of publicity to a country that chucks donkeys off towers. Peterm’s effort was fantastic and probably deserves to win, but it hasn’t. Solely for including in her clue “knitting + mamya +lala”, three words which so aptly describe the diva doyen of this site, the prize goes to Pastille. My only hesitation in making this decision was a fear that the WOO WOO decibel level could be life threatening.
Your prize is the chance to fulfil a lifetime’s ambition. At last you can be the fairy on top of the tree (sort of). You will travel to India (at your own expense of course) where you will be trained to take your position at the top of the jumbo pyramid . If you want you can also have a go at catching the hippo. Good luck.
http://www.bofunk.com/video/2784/elephant_training.html