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Organised crime in endless love song (8)

L - (CRIME)* IK [E]

Only for fun

Jono was a go-getter
In his cashmere sweater
Fashioned a clue
For me and you
To become the latest settet

I take it you know the last letter is wrong

Thanks to all who entered this week’s challenge. Hopefully some fun was had.

Happy to see Fiery popping in and that Raffles is back for more.

A tough one to judge and if you had a favourite clue that I’ve not mentioned below, please do feel free to give it some love and appreciation!

Liked Chris’ idea of a green haystack in Ireland, as with Tyke@11. Also liked Amej’s Rick Astley, Aristo’s Nantucket, Geting’s AABBA rhyme scheme and “I’m Eric” references.

Geting@23 also wins best limerick-styled clue for the riddle element and the references to feet, beat and Erse etc. Very nicely done.

Others on the shortlist were…
Paul@10 for puncture no pressure.
Paul@12 with the subtraction of ling.
Tyke@22 with a double lift and separate but made fair by the (almost) appearance of the answer in the clue I thought.

Ginge@30 another subtraction, but the Clerihew reference is very clever and with an extended definition, if not an &Lit. I also always appreciate a separate anagram indication for the bit being subtracted.

Congrats Ginge, you are the winner.

I'm akin clerihews; fresh, but not a newish arrangement (8)

So you don’t have to work it out…
(im akin clerihews)* - (a newish)*

Here the prizes…

Limerick 1973…
https://youtu.be/nKSHZ0YN6HM

And some gay dogs in Limerick 1940…
https://youtu.be/GaeBR701POE

Cheers all,
Ttfn, but stay tuned for Peer Review.

Well done Ginge - thanks for the mention and a fun challenge Jono!

Congratulations Ginge. Thanks for hosting and for the mentions Jono. Fascinating clip from Limerick

Congrats ginge and thanks jono - also for the mention.
Are the TV commentators from the 50s that make the queen sound common always the same person?

Chris, I believe the Pathé news voice overs for many years were attributable to this chap…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Danvers-Walker

Thanks jono. He sets my teeth on edge, though not quite as much as Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in Brief encounter!

Very nice Ginge! Absence makes the clueing fonder…
Cheers Jon and thanks for the shortlisting.