Thanks for the parse, ashamed to admit that I didn't see amphora !
A hard one to judge. What we lacked in quantity you more than made up for it in quality this week. There were entries from 13 setters.
Some touches that I enjoyed were; the juxtaposing of Horatio and flagship by tyke, dorrien's "polar wind". mathprof's avenger, paulh's "troubled artist"and paul's forays into the middle east.
In 3rd I put aristo's groovy surface ln #15
Indulge in pot, getting wasted before noon, way more than enough (8)
For 2nd I had jono#s #18 harking back to the original meaning
Much blood quietly let by Hera’s choice of sides (8)
This week's winner is fieryjack #!0 short sweet and super smooth
Countless other lap dances (8)
Your prize is some comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9myHhpS9s&ab_channel=TheGrahamNortonShow
... and some photography
https://www.wimp.com/when-hot-lava-meets-a-can-of-ravioli/
Thank you all for playing and see you all again soon
Marty