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1 - Paul@8
1 - Buddy@11
1 - Paul@16
1 - Darla@18
1 - PaulH@19
1 - Dorrien@22

2 Jon 5
1 Buddy 15
1 Darla 18
1 Paul H 19
1 Dorrien 22

jono 5 - 2

1 each for:

dorrien 22
darla 18
paul 4
jono 3

darla 17, can't see the name Angus without thinking of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySl_Nk_G-cw

Buddy, re Angus, same.

My votes, as I'm drinking a cup of you know what:

Buddy @11 - 2

Chris @2
Geeker @12
Dorrien @22
Buddy @15 (yes, it made me laugh)

1 each

I'll extend the deadline to 7pm just in case Dorrien checks in.

Meanwhile, back to the NFL season opener.
We've got SF @ PIT here in the UK.

By my count, no fewer than 14 clues received votes in this weekend's challenge.

Having said that, your peers soon picked out two clear stand-outs:

jono, with his devious country club (EEC!) attracted 8 pts . . .

. . . but ultimately darla prevailed, scoring 10pts with:

Caught old fellow adding charge on Starbucks order (6)

Four components to a six-letter definition, and yet such brevity.
And brevity, as we know, is the soul of wit.

Congratulations darla, here is your prize:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVh6yN36M0A&ab_channel=GreatBigStory

Coffee with eggs anyone (Hanoi)? Or cheese maybe (Sweden)?

How do you like yours?

Nice one darla; thanks baccy for hosting and voters for votes. If I may, no mention of coffee is complete without these 20 seconds from my namesake (or am I his?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUPDRnUWeBA

As for how I take my coffee - black, like my soul.

Also surprised that cuppa joe and cuppa java were new to some. Other diner slang - cup of mud, jamoke or jamocha, ink, battery acid.

congrats darla and thanks bacchanal - thanks for the vote, darla; encourages me to keep entering!

buddy @38
as far as i know, completely unheard of over here.