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50+ entries.Mattrom, you must be going bats.

HaHa, Dorrien! With few anagrams, I actually thought there may not be many entries and I'd have an easy choice ...

Pens down, everyone. What a great response, with about 50 clues from 17 setters. Back in a while.

Thanks to everyone for your contributions. I've enjoyed them all, though please bear with me if I have somehow missed a gem.
Of many devices, there were good 'hiddens' from buddy 8, geeker 17, tyke 25, spike 34, mprs 42.
Interesting 'subbies' from buddy 10 and Fj 52, acronyms from FJ 26&31, jafo 58, and letter selections from geeker 15&16, rosalind 23, fiona 38.
I enjoyed the multiple definitions from jono 5, 6&9, dorrien 11, FJ 13, patrich 21&40, tyke 35, fiona 36, spike 55.
Other touches I liked were aristo's doublecross, dorrien's 'close' revisited, penda's willows, paul's psycho Bates, spike's Gaga saga and Big Ears, and the topicality of patrich 4, jafo's 58&60.

As equal runners-up I have buddy 8, jono 9, patrich 27&56, FJ 31.
This week's winner is jono 5 with his triple definition description of post-lockdown life;

Out to lunch for buffets and some nightlife?

Well done, jono. Here are your prizes;
The critters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6e_qh3YRPs
One for cricket fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZUixsTRzs
Cheers
PS, Also enjoyed the links posted by jono and dorrien.

Well done, Jono. Thanks for hosting and for the mentions, Mattrom. Appreciated.

Congrats jono and thanks mattorm.

P.S. could someone explain the winning clue, please?

Well done jono, I really liked your winning clue too.

Thanks mattrom for completing a Herculean task with such skill and good humour! Not many anagrams, maybe, but at least 5 definitions :-). Thanks also for your various mentions.

Well done Jono - a worthy winner! Well hosted Mattrom - I hope your Forum clue-setting exertions have not curtailed (geddit!) your dog walking duties!🐕

congrats jono and thanks for hosting & the honorable mention, mattrom.

Given the Herculean task the Clueless winner may face, it is worth considering limiting any one setter to (say) 3 entries? Or, since jono is in the hot seat next week, requiring all setters to submit at least 10? Alternatively one could always choose, I don't know, "dream sequence" as a phrase....

Many thanks Mattrom, pleased to prevail in such a large field, some great clues all round I thought. Enjoyed the clips.
Chris is just 3 defs , buffet in this case is a verb.

Buddy please don’t submit 10 clues next week! 😂 I tend to agree 3 or so is about right, but I wouldn’t want to constrain anyone’s creativity. Perhaps I’ll take a leaf from the book of Aristophanes next week 😉. Cheers all!