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Well done, Patrich. Thanks, bigblind.

Thanks to Chrise, Fieryjack and Paul (pleased to have provided the hors d'oeuvre) for the welcome votes!

Congrats Patrich and thanks Bigblind for hosting.
Thanks to Mattrom, Dorrien, Patrich and Jimmy for the votes, much appreciated.

Congratulations Patrich! Loved the def.
Thanks for the votes Chris, Culmer, Spike, Tyke, Fiery, your good self, and Mattrom - very much appreciated.

And most of all -
Heel erg bedankt Big Blind!

Well done Patrich
Thanks to Spike,Jono,Fj,Tyke and Mattrom for the votes.
Good job Bigblind on your first outing.

congrats to patrich - a clever clue. And thanks to bigblind for hosting.
The votes of chrise, paul, dorrien, tyke51 and mattrom are appreciated.

Congrats, Pat, and excellent job in the chair, Bigblind.
Thanks to Culmer, Spike, Paul, Jono, FJ, Buddy, Dorrien and Patrich for your votes.

“Rucksack” was the answer to 11D in the Times cryptic this Saturday!

Re Chrise @ 58

> (not that it makes any difference, bigblind, but I think I had 7 rather than 5!)

Sorry about that. Might be that my brain was partially in a food coma after a nice evening at a restaurant yesterday. If anyone has tips on making the tallying more efficient/less error-prone, I'd by happy to hear it. As I was going through the votes, my programmer brain went: "hey, I could build a site for that to keep track of clues and votes!", but I've already got more ideas for things to build than I have time for. And these contests have been happening for quite a while, so there's also something to be said for not changing what's worked well for many people for so long.

No problem bigblind

The couple of times I've hosted I've used a spreadsheet, but I wasn't convinced it was any easier than doing it on paper!

Well, that was a very pleasant surprise! Dank u wel, bigblind, for an excellent inaugural hosting. Thanks for all the votes … a lot this week, so I will not list all the names … you are all very kind.

I enjoyed the clip very much, but I think the community needs to know … are you Belgian or Dutch? You referred to the words as having Dutch origin … but surely a Belgian would have said Flemish? My surname is Holland, but I studied French at uni (a long time ago, to be fair (when Moliere was considered a modern playwright). My Dutch / Flemish is not good!