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nemo

9th May 2018, 11:29
Gambler with no money to go to marina round Carthage (11)

No money = zero pence = Op
Marina = port
round Carthage - old name for Tunis
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nemo

9th May 2018, 11:32
Tweak my #31

Gambler has no money to go to marina round Carthage (11)
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fieryjack

9th May 2018, 12:01
Wideo spun poor tit a lie (11)
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therogue

9th May 2018, 12:44
He'll make opening move (11)
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skyewalker

9th May 2018, 13:44
With just over 4 hours left, we have an impressive 27 entries from 14 setters. I can see I'm going to have a difficult job. So many goodies to choose from so far.
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therogue

9th May 2018, 14:54
Go-getter has a drink around port after work (11)
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skyewalker

9th May 2018, 18:15
Thanks, everyone, for taking part. An excellent turnout of 14 setters, giving me the hard task of choosing a winner amongst 26 clues. (I think I miscounted earlier).

I thought my word choice might have proved difficult for anagrams, containing neither "a" nor "e", but I should have known you lot would surmount that problem easily. Some lovely ones from FJ (several), Nemo, Seamus and therogue, and a clever subtractive one from Ginge @9.

Several setters used "left" for "port" (Paul @5, Ginge @14, SteveA @25 and, my personal favourite, Pigale @13) while therogue @36 used "port" for "Tunis". All very cleverly done.

I liked Tatters' "somewhere like Oxford Street" and both uses of " troppo" backwards - Aristo @21 and Mattrom @29.

The clue I am choosing is the one that gave me the best "penny drop moment" , that being Ixion @28 with the deserving

Nice one, there is opt out? I'll take my chances (11)

Your prize was going to be an amusing clip I saw a few weeks ago, but it appears to have been removed from YouTube. (It would probably have offended, anyway). Instead, I hope you enjoy a music video appropriate to my word choice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j6g_uUhH2c

Best wishes, all.

SW
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stevea6000

9th May 2018, 18:54
Congrats ixion. Thanks sw.

Can someone parse the winner, please?

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therogue

9th May 2018, 19:04
Nice one ixion! Cheers Skye!

Steve:
Nice - port
One there - un
+ 'is' in 'opt'
:)
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heathcliff67

9th May 2018, 19:12
Well done, Ixion, and thanks to Skyewalker for hosting.
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