Good heavens, what a surprise! I have been away at the Lytham Proms this weekend with no access to a computer, so please forgive my tardiness in acknowledging the result.
My commiserations to Chrise on a close run thing (I hope that I don't have to decide who is the winner next week)
Thanks to all who voted for me and particular thanks to Aristophanes for picking my effort as the winner (it was a really difficult word to clue, by the way)
Hopefully I will not let you all down next week, see you then.