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Of course! Thanks Peter

Mathprof is correct in moving the 's' West (to the left so it begins the word Sprout)
Cheers mathprof

My clock says about 50 minutes to enter a winning clue.

Spanish tour is cleared for take off (6)

That's it. Time's up. Judgement coming shortly

I'm not the best judge of these things so apologies if my summation misses any all time classics, feel free to dissect my judgement below.
So many good clues, I didn’t know where to begin.
I enjoyed the variety of definitions both Christmas and other. Thanks Buddy for the video clip of Monty Python, haven’t seen that in a few years. Mattrom gave us a range of great clues with the word nose in, my favourite of those was @37.
Jono@6 retracted his entry and I understand why but enjoyed the topicality
Other clues I think came close to the top were ChrisE@3 Jono@9 and 30, Paul @20 and @29, dorrien @23, and Tyke@32 and @46.
Jimmygtal’s @33 is the sort of clue I am attracted to but wasn’t convinced by the definition.
So, in numerical order are my top 5.
Buddy @7
PaulH @14
MPRS @16
FJ @34
Paul@39

All could have won, but ultimately I think that MathProfessorRockStar’s @16 comes out on top.

Congratulations.

I hope you approve of your prize, as it is mathematical, and a fun game to play and win during a lockdown holiday.

https://youtu.be/OAss481FfAQ

Thanks for entertaining me over the past couple of days.

Congrats mprs and thanks faiton - also for the mention.

Great clip - I'll have to watch some more of those!

Well done MPRS - thanks for the mention Faiton, not easy picking a winner this week!

Wow! This was unexpected in the face of such great competition. I was impressed by all the clues. Thanks for the hosting, Faiton. I loved the video. This is actually a game I hadn't run across before, and I like to collect these sort of things. I will have to show it to one of my classes next semester where we dabble in graph theory. Cheers to all who entered, and I will see you all back here next week for a Christmas-themed competition.

congrats mathprof & thanks for hosting and the "final 5" finish, faiton (so alliterative!)