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Intellectual staff stole cut diamonds. (10)

A change from noun to verb

Staff stole cut diamonds to order (10)

Interrogation on box cuckoo nests in, terms to be negotiated (10)

Devise surcharge, one penny, say? (10)

Sur = sir = master
charge = mine
penny = d

Joker shows mental discipline (10)

Thank you to everyone who took time out to submit an entry; there are some cracking clues in there.

This is the first time I have judged this competition and choosing between clues which I think I might have struggled to solve and ones which I particularly liked was a challenge.

On the shortlist were BBM2’s doctrine of doctors @ 11, aristophanes’s horticultural effort @ 16 and ixion’s employment of the theme tune @ 17.

The one which I think would have given me most difficulty in solving is fieryjack’s @ 22. That is a beauty comes a very, very close second.

But the clue which I admire most, because of the wordplay involving “dope”, is that submitted by therogue @ 7:

“Bust in Amsterdam”. One detained, no dope found.

Congratulations, therogue; appropriate name, perhaps, considering the nature of the clue.

Here is your prize. I consider this to be one the funniest, and one of the cleverest, pieces of light entertainment ever seen on British television. It has justifiably become a classic and ties in with the word to be clued. I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Si7_e-934

Thanks for having me, everyone.

Congrats, therogue, and thanks for hosting and judging, heathcliff (I wouldn't have fancied making the choice!)

Congratulations, therogue.

Well done therogue and thanks for everything heathcliff.
Could I have a parse please - I don't quite see all of it .

Vive l'elfe rouge, encore une fois, au revoirs.