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With two more Stateside votes to come in it could be a close one…

May I have 9 votes this time? So many good clues. Narrowing it down to 6,

granama1 @5
tyke @6
Paul @17
dorrien @19
Rosalind @23
Aristo @25

Peter @36, I used to see the comic strip Andy Capp in our papers over here. I recall Andy and Flo called each other pet. Just looked it up and sure enough they are from those parts.

2 each for:

tyke 6
paul 18
dorrien 19

@Darla at 43. Andy Capp in the USA! What on earth did you make of it? I see the actor that played Andy (James Bolam) in a TV series regularly out and about locally...he lives in the south east of England but was also a 'typical Geordie' in The Likely Lads.

'Geordie' has an accent, a vocabulary and a delivery that I really like. 👍

Thanks to all who entered this weekend’s challenge. It was a close finish with three contestants sharing silver on 7 votes: Mattrom@7, Dorrien@19 and Aristo@25.

However, just nudging ahead on 8 is Paul@10 with…

Vacuous horny single tenant finds love (5)

Congratulations Paul here are your prizes…

Bee action https://youtu.be/sAKkjD3nEv0
Hive action https://youtu.be/xnhmxNoo4EY
Oh honey! https://youtu.be/nwgbfriHWt8

Surprised no one went with a (p)honey construction and, Mattrom, “Mel B” would have received a vote from me!
Cheers all!

Well done Paul
Thanks jono, and I should have said thank you for answering my question. I appreciate the votes and enjoyed this foray.

I read somewhere that we are protecting the wrong kind of bees, that each mason bee pollinates 120 times more flowers that a honey bee. Yes, but... they don't make honey!

Very nice Paul - well done! Good word choice Jono - many thanks for the votes - didn't expect any!

Bravo, Paul. Thanks, Jono, and thanks to all who voted for my clue.

Congrats Paul and thanks to Jono and to those kindly souls that voted for my submission. Why man, yer bonnie laads. 5 votes - I'm gannin oop the charts. 🙂