28 clues from 11 entrants.
Only buddy, mattrom and paul shared the eleven votes.
I was relieved that the final vote saved me from a tie-breaking decision. I had already begun researching c as an abbreviation for canine and got as far as CD - canine distemper.
So it's mattrom@24 in second place with 3 votes and congratulations to buddy@3 for winning with 5 votes:
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buddy, from where you are I am not sure how much you would appreciate the late Mike Yarwood, but here he is trying to give a good impression:
https://youtu.be/FHW3Xk0sTIc
and then a brief tribute from Professor Tim Wilson
https://youtu.be/uSBq49c74g4