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Les40 # 25

Thanks to all for contributing so many great clues.
With 16 of a possible 17 votes cast we have an outright winner. The final tally:

1 vote each for
Ixion@8 &11, Chiaro@14, theambler@21
2 votes each for
Les40@25, Paul@16
3 votes for
Ginge@9

Proving that 13 is not unlucky, is the winner, GK@13 with 5 votes for

Traffic at Wellington Square, for instance

Congratulations! Your prize was presaged by BBM2 @17:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVUV9QduqYY

For the sports minded, I'll throw in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W-Lu5WhvHE

Apologies to Imagcq for misspelling your name earlier, and Busby, will your curiousity be satisfied?
Looking forward to next week.

Congratulations GK, thanks mattrom, that was a fertile word.

Congratulations, greedy kite
Thanks for the vote, ixion
Cheers, mattrom

Hi Busby,
Although, strangely, I did not win, you might be interested in the background to my clue.

This story, by the way, is true! When I was a new curate, many years ago, I knew an old lady who seemed to be totally innocent of all criminal endeavour. However, when she was a child the family lived just over the Canadian Border, her father had a horse and cart with a seat up front and she travelled with him across the border with the liquor well hidden in her underwear! She was never caught. Her son confirmed the story.

Hope you have had a good day and are looking forward to spring. All the best, Thea

Hi GK,
Well Done. Best wishes Thea

Well done GK and thanks for the word, mattrom.

How can anyone successfully hide a worthwhile amount of booze in their underwear? When one could only take £25 out of the country on holiday, my mother put some notes in her bra (and did not tell my father, who would not have sanctioned it) but, booze?
I've drunk poteen , put me off spirits for life.

Thanx 4 all those votes (and suggestions for improvements); to mattrom 4 the inspiring word and the very enjoyable blues music; we've been profiting from our very own bootleg product here with 15 friends all evening on a delicious summer evening on the balcony with view over the entire Pyrenees . I rely a

Congratulations GK.