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@Dorrien

Do you mean Jono #5? Or Tyke51 #6?

The leader cannot be caught now, but podium places are up for grabs.

1 vote each for;

jono 5
geeker 10
buddy 16
patrich 21
aristo 22
fiona 29

Sorry jono #5

Thanks, Dorrien.

First, I'd like to thank you all. A very good turnout. As usual, the clueing was top-notch, well done. Good to see Ginge and Fiona3300 again.

Final tally.
With 1 vote:
Tyke51 #6, Buddy #16 and Patrich #19
With 2 votes:
Dorrien #9, Patrich #13, Aristophanes #22, Fieryjack #23, Jono #24, Mattrom #25 and Jono #30
With 3 votes:
Fieryjack #2, Paul #12 and Tyke51 #15
With 4 votes:
Ginge #7
With 5 votes:
Geeker #10
With 6 votes:
Jono #5
With 7 votes, and shared Bronze:
Jimmyg #14 and Patrich #21
With 10 votes, and Silver:
Fiona 3300 #29

The winner, with an impressive 19 votes is:
Mattrom #26 with...

Bill's approval, say, nosedived after coverage of sex in the White House with personal assistant

Very well done, Mattrom!

To the prizes;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Kw7GlZcHM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9h98s077Xg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URrXh0LJ6JE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CHHCB5EsPg

Well done Mattrom - try not to gloat about the Cricket, I`m refusing to watch it 😷
Good word choice Spike, which produced many excellent clues. Thanks for votes Patrich, Fiery, Geeker & Paul.

Congrats mattrom, and thanks spike.

Congrats Mattrom, cheers Spike, like Tyke I’m struggling to watch the cricket 🏏 ☹️

Thank you so much to everyone for your votes. I hesitated to post the clue as I thought it may seem overly long. I suppose for a US publication it could just be "... sex with aide". Thanks to Buddy for stepping in with the explanation.
Cheers, Spike, for a versatile word to clue, the accounting duties, and the scary clips. I'm glad our rites of passage are as benign as getting drunk in schoolies week.
(Don't mention the cricket to Tyke)
As next week is Christmas (are there any unused theme words left?), I hope you can take time off to rustle up a clue or two.
Cheers