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Thanks for getting your votes in promptly - Penda is the only vote not yet in so, to be courteous, I will wait until 8.00pm before the results are announced (unless Penda`s vote comes in before) but...
Mattrom currently has an unassailable lead with an emphatic 5 votes for @28 - Spike2@20 and Peterm@25 both have 2 votes.

Full result coming shortly but congrats Mattrom and pleased that Spike2 had a good result!

Congrats mattrom, and thanks for the mention. Thanks for the challenge, tyke.

Penda’s still pending
The Ambler’s ambling
Congrats I’m sending
To Tyke’s deft handling
With no further ado -
And to Mattrom’s clue!
Thanks for the mentions and thanks for the votes
From Peter and Spike and various folks!

Tough to follow that!
Well done Mattrom
Thanks Tyke51

Marvelous as usual, mattrom. Thanks, tyke.

Final result...Paul@8, Paul@9, Fiery@11 and Mattrom@13 got one vote
Spike2@20 and Peterm@23 both got two votes but...
...Mattrom is the clear winner with five votes for the brilliant...

Barely dressed, time for a date flirting with destiny (4,7)

Well done Mattrom - your prize is desert themed...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWEKUQLb9Y

with a bonus...meet `Disco`the parakeet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYcWA_RNl1s

Cheers everyone and see you next time!

Congrats mattrom - nice to pick a winner!
Thanks tyke, and for the clips. The first one sounds almost like parody that I wonder whether it really was David Attenborough!
Thanks for the (unexpected!) mention, stevea.

Congratulations Mattrom. Thanks Tyke51 for hosting.

With many thanks to Stevea6000 and Nemo for their votes. Also, thanks again to Stevea, Tyke51 and to Paul for being so gracious.

Thank you so much to Aristo, Chrise, Paul, FJ, JWS, and Dorrien for your votes and to Pererm for the mention. I had to chuckle at Paul's poem.

A good job in the chair Tyke. I thought it was an interesting, and somewhat challenging word to clue. Those smart swallows had me worried for a while. Unfortunately we've had some episodes here recently with poisoned waterholes.
I have a soft spot for budgies, and used to breed them a long time ago. Cheerful little characters.

Cheers till next week.

Well done Mattrom and thanks for the like.
You did a good job of hosting Tyke51.
I'll look at the clips later.