Thank you all for your contributions to this week's competition. The votes were widely and evenly spread so we shall squeeze four contestants onto the podium.
Bronze goes to Geeker @27 with six votes
Silver is shared by Mattrom @15 and Darla @29 who each got seven votes
Gold, with nine votes, goes to Simplesimon @7 for the following elegant clue for GRENOBLE (8)
Long beer refreshing after skiing here perhaps?
Many congratulations, and try to enjoy your prizes
I got stuck in a traffic jam in Grenoble after snowboarding this year: the usual tractor strike but it was alpine sunny and elegant in places so not such a bad place to be stuck.