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Thanks Buddy, you were right, I’d made a mistake in the spreadsheet. Sorry about that, be back shortly...

Hi all,
In a very close race we had four clues pull away from the pack. Just missing out on a podium place is Dorrien@34 with 9 points.
In third place is Spike@27 with 11 points.
A close second, and securing the first 6 point score (I believe), is Chris@2 with 12 points.
But the winner this week is Buddy@24 with 14 points, with the cleverly constructed...

Son promptly starts bursting every balloon (8)

Congratulations Buddy!

Here are the prizes, which I’d picked before hand, so was happy to see these themes come out in the clues...

Science
https://youtu.be/I0b78t476r0
Literature
https://youtu.be/YGCo5Tva39s
Mixology
https://youtu.be/NwKpzplwATE

Cheers all!

Congrats buddy and thanks jono. Thanks for the votes, everyone (especially paul!)

Congratulations, Buddy. Thanks for hosting, Jono.

Thanks to Jimmyg, Mattrom, Tyke51, PaulH, Aristo, Fieryjack, Dorrien, Rosalind, Chrise and Mprs for the votes. All of which really are very much appreciated.

I'm especially flattered to have received all of Mprs's votes and thank him for his kind words.

I'd like to thank the Academy as well as chris, fj, mattrom, dorrien, tyke, jimmyg, ros, spike and paulh for their votes.

Thanks for the clips jono - interesting that science and literature can be dispensed with in under 3 minutes but learning how to make a cocktail takes over 11. But I did learn that there can be a meniscus somewhere other than my knee.

When I suggested this cockamamie voting scheme I really thought 6-0, 5-1 or maybe 4-2 votes would be the norm.

Congrats buddy and many thanks Jono.
Thanks for the encouragement of your votes aristo and mattrom.
I have bad memories of snowball fights. My father, usually a very kind man, had deadly aim and waterproof, warm gloves. I had neither. To this day I won't participate! Not that we get much opportunity now.

Congrats, buddy. Thanks, Jono.

Good one Buddy - cheers Jono!

Thanks for the votes, mattrom, fieryjack and dorrien.

Cheers, Jono.

Congratulations, buddy. Thanks for officiating, jono, and for the votes, mattrom and buddy.