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tyke51

8th May 2019, 15:32
Floppy drive ... ironically ? (8)
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peterm

8th May 2019, 19:18
Hi all. I'm running a bit late. Will be back in a short while.
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peterm

8th May 2019, 20:27
Hi again. An excellent response and I could have picked pretty much any one of the entries. After whittling it down, my favourites of the anagrams were skyewalker@2 and the clever, subtractive devices of fiery@15 and ginge@16. Of the pure “wordplays”, I was drawn to aristo@13 and therogue@22. But the stand-out clue for me this week was mattrom’s post 21:

“Fly around track chasing hot rods”.

I know that matron is a frequent winner of this competition but I thought her entry this week was a real cracker and impossible to overlook. It took a few moments to work it out, but it was even more delicious for that. (If I was being picky, I would have preferred a “?” or some other indicator of DBE, but it doesn’t really matter.)

I was hoping to find a hardware-related clip as a prize, but I failed to find anything new. I stumbled across this instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85fx0LrSMsE
It’s got nothing to do with hardware but I found it oddly apposite for us poor-suffering Poms.

Congratulations, mattrom, and thanks to all for taking part.
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peterm

8th May 2019, 20:29
Whoops! Not matron. Mattrom of course. Bloody predictive text!
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chrise

8th May 2019, 20:41
Shouldn't that be "Oooh, matron!", peterm?

Congrats mattrom, and thanks for the reminder of one of the all-time great sitcoms, peterm!
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tyke51

8th May 2019, 21:11
Another good one Mattrom - and another good competition - thanks Peterm !
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skyewalker

8th May 2019, 21:12
Nice one, Mattrom! Like our host, I needed a moment or two to get it. Very clever, although I have come to expect nothing less from your good self. Thanks, PeterM, for hosting and for the mention.
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rossim

8th May 2019, 21:22
Can I have a parse please?
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ginge

8th May 2019, 21:44
Nice as per mattrom, cheers peterm.

rossim; (fly (aware) round rd (track)) chasing h (hot).
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aristophanes

8th May 2019, 21:51
Very nice, mattrom. Thanks for the mention, peterm. I too liked therogue @22. Some corkers this week.
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