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Paraphrasing mrw...what a clusters???! That American enuff? X

Times 4, aristo! and a lot more interesting:-))

The attempts to deport Abu Qatada is a good example. (12)

Aristo and BBM2: can I please have explanations for your clues at posts 26 and 27. I need another doh! moment.

Here goes , please be careful with that poker !

order = OM (Order of Merit)
returns in = NI ("in" backwards)
fraudulent = SHAM (by defn. , not anagrind !)
ritual cut short = BLES(sing)

major scandal is the defn. here (the bbc etc)

Total catastrophe as they banish most elms ruthlessly, with tree surgeon initially not involved (12)

Simon lurches into hospital, then wanders out in total confusion (12)

When Odysseus came home to Ithaca he found his house in disorder; if he came back home again he would find...modern Greece, which certainly qualifies as omnishambles. Not overly subtle: shambles/madhouse after omni/all.

A difficult choice, I must say. My shortlist of favourites was, in the order they were posted: 5 (Rosalind), 7 (Bullfrog), 8 (Paul), 27 (BBM2 - a real doh! moment there) and 71 (Jamoza).

After much deliberation I plumped for Jamoza's late-ish entry, mainly because of its excellent smooth and amusing surface reading.

Congratulations. Your prize, designed to educate and train you in the basics of the Torquemada system of jurisprudence, can be found at

http://www.wikihow.com/Have-a-Bonfire

The video is at the bottom of the page.

Thank you Torquemada for honouring me with your vote. Haven't managed to view video yet (using iPad) but will have another try later/tomorrow. Got to go outrunning now......