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Thanks to all who entered this week’s challenge. So many great clues, it was extremely difficult to pick a winner.
Fun to see many diverse references… Pride, Greenpeace, Deep Purple and Bungle (I wondered if this was understood outside the uk?).

Very much liked Chris’s “East End artist” (I had picked this construction in advance as the way I would have clued it!).

Buddy’s “Brownian motion” also very neat, and I didn’t mind the scientific anachronism.

In Tyke’s excellent acrostic, “not black or white” works particularly well in the surface I thought.

Mattrom’s “flag iris” new to me and very efficient.

Aristo’s hidden caused me to read up on Bowdler’s expurgation of Shakespeare; not very different, it would seem, to the recent selective editing of Roald Dahl.

Pleased to see the trout definition appearing in Mattrom’s fishy Spoonerism. Also liked Paul’s “browbeaten” and Aristo’s “what might lead to pot”.

Any of the above would be a worthy winner but I narrowed it down to Chris@2, Buddy@3, Tyke@5 and Mattrom@9… and the winner is Chris and his artist in Bow!

Congrats Chris your prizes are three variations on a theme…

“Sweater-girl”
https://youtu.be/jAqDvDn55TQ

Eva Cassidy
https://youtu.be/2rd8VktT8xY

Keith Jarrett
https://youtu.be/J1tkMPdd1VY

Cheers all!

Nice one Chrise - well deserved win! Thanks for the mention Jono and an enjoyable challenge - can I be cheeky and ask if your next `mid-week ` puzzle is on the horizon?

Well done Chris! Cheers Jon and thanks for the like.

Hi Tyke, I’ve a couple of ideas but nothing in the offing. Were you thinking of setting one? If so, go for it. I find they are fun to set but quite a lot of work. The feedback makes it worthwhile though :-)

Many thanks jono! Pleased to have beaten so many good clues - I would have gone with tyke's acrostic.
See you next week.

Jono - I`ve neither the skill or the energy! I know we all appreciated your efforts.

Congrats, Chrise. Thanks, Jono, for the challenge, the mentions, and the clips. I thought it was a good word to clue.

Congratulations, chrise! Thanks for the mentions, jono.