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Thanks to entrants. Many excellent clues, which were a pleasure to read through but made judging difficult.

Liked jono@2, mathprofrockstar@26 and fieryjack@27.

Three finalists:
buddy@5's weightlifter
fieryjack@24's elegant charade
tyke51@25's acrostic

Winner by narrow margin: fieryjack@24! Congratulations.

Prizes:

Film clips (one is so famous that an extra included):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWPyRSURYFQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU

Humo(u)r: replicant manqué: https://twitter.com/neparutennis/status/1574905632380968960

Threatened chess content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMe_fQRUyfU&t=3s

Well done Fiery! Enjoyed the clips Geeker - still a great film! Thanks for the mention.

Congrats Fiery, cheers Geeker, thanks for the challenge and the mention!

Congrats, fiery! As geeker put it, an elegant clue. Thanks for hosing, geeker. Time to die.

Well deserved win Fiery! Cheers Geeker.

Well done FJ.
Thanks Geeker

Well done, FJ! Cheers, Geeker

Thanks Geeker, what a nice surprise considering the competition. I'm sure I can come up with a reasonable challenge, same time, same place..

congrats fj, thanks for hosting and the mention geeker

Nice, fiery. Thanks, geeker.