Wow! Thanks Lionheart,
A real good spin of clues this week, I never expected to win this one. I played with the taking out of TA from PLATITUDE for ages because it was the wrong way round, then it just came to me to use "reply of" to turn it round, and then adding the "very much" after "Thank you" for the DEF was a gift.
Cheers for the prize, I grew up with the Muppets and Animal is a legend.
Thanks everyone. I look forward to setting next weeks word.
Les40