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Malcolm - thanks for doing the PR format. From my point of view a mandatory 1st second and third is just a tad too complicated, and feels more like work than fun! Also for the setter it may prove a little burdensome and require excel analysis rather than the back of an envelope! Interested to see how it turns out

From my end it's easy enough - I'll just write down 1,2 or 3 pts. But if people prefer just going for one vote that's okay, I could still do both ( just awarding 3 pts for a winning vote ). It could well be that others prefer a single word to clue for too, but I'm sure we'll find out.

Paul - have you come across the ' CFTD ' ( clue of the day ) in the Facebook group ? There, the person who sets the challenge rarely picks one word, but might choose ' Isolate, or any of its synonyms '. The plus side to this sort of contest is that those playing have something to SOLVE rather than knowing the answer, which keeps folk entertained a bit more. The down side for us in this forum is that we would constantly need a back-and-forth dialogue while we try to solve the entries. Not sure that's feasible

Deal made in the basement. (7)

Exposed, rocky hillside in Scotland. (4)

Virginia grabbed in return sale (7)

I'm going by my clock, not the site one!
3rd - nemo @20
2nd tyke51 @40
1st tatters @8

1st Chrise @9
2nd Hannah @4
3rd Dorrien @39

See what others think but personally I prefer to have a single word to clue - otherwise the voting process becomes too unwieldy.

1st tatters #8
2nd aristo #38
3rd BBM #32 (reminiscent of AB)

I also prefer just one word (and spelling variations of it if appropriate). The format doesn't have to be the same every week, does it?

1 - tatters #8
2 - dorrien #25
3 - aristo # 38