Times up everyone. A good response this week with 31 clues from 14 setters.Thanks to everyone who took the time to join in with our little contest. Sorry not to give a more detailed synopsis tonight, I'm using my phone and it does not lend itself well to switching between web pages - and my own memory cells make too many mistakes.
Suffice to say that I have picked buddy #14 as my winner (after being convinced that costly was a fair synonym!)
Costly for German empire to lose Eastern Front (4)
A super surface reading combined with the elegant deletion of a superfluous "e" without resorting to drug withdrawal or taking note elevated buddy's effort to the top spot.
I do hope this link works because it is your well deserved prize -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CglhQzAIOvE&ab_channel=MLechlein
See you all soon
Marty