Having just checked for any last minute entries as per normal: great stuff folks, tremendous variety and ingenuity and a first in my memory; 2 entries from aristo!!!!!. "I ain't afraid of no ghosts" paul and even with the arithmetic it was right up there. Nicest of the "straight" anagrams chrise.
My liking for extraction anagrams (I hope I'm not seen as one-dimensional in that respect) was more than satisfied with fine examples from fiery, mattrom and BBM2 whose flagrantly politically incorrect pikeys was my favourite.
However, in a "departure" from my "norm" 4 clues made their way into my shortlist; both of aristo's (particularly @ 13), ab's and ixion's @ 23 with the latter winning by a nose:
Looking back, Earl regretted imbibing gin, as opposed to his normal tipple
Your "prize" is not for the squeamish, 2 unusual and very unexpected departures. You have been warned.
http://youtu.be/Rd2pZZ1l8dA
Cheers, ginge.
@ rosalind; your Italian jaunt has obviously worked wonders. I see the cuisine has taken on an oriental twist, pureed rat Mmm!
I am a cat lover and currently fortunate to be at the beck and call of twin feline sisters, the only women I really trust (catty comment?). Loved being compared to the panda in the old joke but I'm sure I've never behaved in such a caddish manner when women of class, such as yourself, have been involved!