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Thanks to everyone who contributed this week - 21 clues from 10 setters.
Lots to like, including dorrien #4&15, paul #3&22, nemo #11&25, malcolm #27&29 FJ #12&29
Silver goes to Aristo's Latin excursion #7.
I had wasn't sure about 'withers' as an indicator, but Chambers has synonyms of 'destroys' and 'wastes',
so this week's winner is BBM2 #24 with his succinct anagram

A Bill Withers fan's item?

Well done, BBM2, your prize is, of course, a classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZgo8gMIoM

Cheers.

Nice one BBM2 - thanks Mattrom - looks like your rain dance has worked! 🤸🏼‍♀️

Congratulations Marty well deserved
Cheers Mattrom for hosting and the mentions

Nice one, bigbad. Thanks so much for the silver, mattrom.

Thanks mattrom and congrats BBM2 - I might have appreciated your clue more if I had had any idea who Bill Withers was!

Thanks mattrom and congrats BBM2 - wasted on me as I, too, have no idea who Bill Withers is/was!

Thanks mattrom ! A great word to clue, hope i can keep the ball rolling next week.

Bill was born with a lisp and heroically overcame the impediment with the power of music.

He also had a surname that was surely destined to introduce his back catalogue to a brand new audience, albeit via a crossword clue contest in a friendly little corner of the internet.

See you next week

Marty

Congrats BBM
This is the B.W. song I know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICIOJqEb5c

Thanks for the mentions Mattrom and the hosting. Good word.

Well done Marty - inspiration and genius combined in one clue! I knew the song but knew nothing of the writer.
Thanks for setting Mattrom, mentions very appreciated. (thought you, Matt, or Romm might like the Mastiff one though..)