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Many thanks to all for taking part. Here’s a summary of the contributions. Quite a fun list.

A - second-rate, airhead, hubcap (or H)
B - bump-start, butthead, bighead, head-butt (or D)
C - cooktop, crackhead, clubhead, reactor core
D - godsend (-> god’s end), Land’s End, rearguard, the back of beyond
E - sweetheart, centrepiece, dovetail, endgame
F - offending
G - midnight, legend (or L)
H - hothead
I - midpoint
J - jump-start
K - weekend, cocktail, bookend, kickback
L - midfielder
M - masthead
N - nightcap, detention centre
O - photo finish
P - apple core, midshipman
Q - leading question, earthquake’s epicentre, quayside (or Y)
R - redhead, Center Parcs
S - headstrong
T - third-rate, butt-end, midwestern
U - upstart, community centre, fourscore
V - private eye, service centre
W - centre-forward
X - oxtail, bauxite core, fux coda
Y - ponytail, happy ending, soggy bottom
Z - midsized

You have second-rate and third-rate so you should include first-rate for r. And now firstborn for b, although Buddy disapproves of these.

Thanks, Jono, for taking the trouble to post this extra little Challenge at Christmas, I’m sure it’s much appreciated by your friends in the Forum .

It’s absolutely no use me trying to take part, I don’t even understand the first paragraph.😰

Hi, Norah. This was actually from two years ago, but something came up in the Peer Review competition, and Jono posted the link.