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Thanks to all who entered this week’s challenge.
I was surprised by the anagram possibilities. Here are some I noted…
Chris’s “quite an”
Dorrien’s “quaint e”
Raffle’s “quintate”
Paul’s “quite a n”
Amej’s “equations -so”
Swarb’s “Na quiet”
Paul’s “equatin(g)”
Paul’s “acquainted - cad”
Darla’s “an quiet”
Fiery’s “a question - so”

…but to my great surprise no one used AUNTIE + Q

Enjoyed the hiddens from…
Ss@7 (needs a dbe indicator perhaps)
Raffles@20
Tyke@47 @35
Eider@40

And the constructions from..
Dougalf@31
Amej@33
Aristo@41

The shortlist came down to…
Chris@2
Amej@24
Tyke@47
Geting@49

And the winner is Geting@49, which reads perfectly and every word has a purpose…

Number one Queen tune - a blast from the past (7)

Congratulations Geting!
The prizes are variously inspired by the theme and a couple of recent clues I’ve seen, including one from today…

Mrs Richards
https://youtu.be/x_C4ZnaHcsk

Mallets
https://youtu.be/MhKaVPP0Y7g

Fish
https://youtu.be/FiM0JiE0h5I

Cheers all,
Ttfn!

Very nice, geting. Thanks, jono.

Congrats, geting. Thanks, jono. Well judged.

Congrats geting.

Thanks for the shortlisting, jono. Did you notice that the third clip was posted on today's fifteensquared Guardian blog?