What a great response this week, a big thank-you to everyone who entered.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading all your clues and am truly impressed by the standard here.
With such a bumper crop of clues it is impossible to mention every clever device or witty wordplay which I liked. I’m going to limit myself to a top 3. Apologies then if you don’t get mentioned - I really did appreciate all the work in your efforts.
In third place I’ve got a tie between les40’s #16 and ixion’s last minute #72 , both cleverly finding a way to break down the word into shorter sections using devices and definitions providing a couple of "pencil chewers"
Second place is awarded to stevea6000 #39 for a great acrostic with a fabulous surface reading.
This week’s winner is the guy who fooled me into thinking he’d messed up his anagram. I should have known better. Ginge’s #8 is that type of clue then when the penny drops it nearly knocks you out (and thanks to steve for the help there !)
There's a question mark about me; not one good at getting up in the morning (6)
I’ve chosen this as your prize, since you’ve been painting
http://www.wimp.com/one-of-these-popsicles-is-just-a-drawing-can-you-pick-the-real-one/