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Cap this festival by breaking up with Chaka Khan (8)

One word, Jono: Therapy 😆

I do have a technical question for you though. In Geeker’s compound anagram (very nifty by the way) with “this festival” as the definition, is this a case where it doesn’t have to be at the beginning (or end) due to the nature of the anagram? I’m trying to remember what I’ve seen of these in other places.

Hi Darla,
Very funny! 🤣
Here’s a link that may be of interest…
https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2011/01/composite-anagrams.html

Thanks for the info!

Unending blast with kickstart, caught up in laughter, going both ways for days of wicked exhibition (8)

unending blast: NUK(e)
kickstart: K
laughter(,) going both ways: HA AH
wicked: like oil lamps or candles

All right all you night owls stateside and early birds in Old Blighty, we’re coming into the home stretch. About 12 hours left to go.

Laughter, around and about Luke Littler, we hear, at festival (8)


For those non-darts fans, Luke “The Nuke” Littler is currently defending his World Darts title at The Alexandra Palace.

Laughter - Haha

Rumbunctious Huck, an original American hero, may gradually lighten up the winter gloom (8)

Just realised there's no actual definition, so if it's not too late

Festival first and foremost commemorating Hebrew ancestors' noble uprising; keeping alive hope' (8)

All right, the moment you have been waiting for. First, to address Paul's comment, after I won last week I had a couple of words in mind, but I went to add a reminder to my calendar and saw that Monday was the "start" of Hanukkah, so that became my choice. When the tragic events of last weekend occurred, I decided that that it would be wrong for that to change anything.

Now to the results. I liked the idea of Hanukkah being celebrated by the Maori, along with various other locations around the world. I appreciated the definitions other than festival, such as Raffles' put out the lights, and Paul's illuminating. But for the very nice compound anagram, Geeker is the winner with

Cap this festival by breaking up with Chaka Khan (8)

Congratulations! Here are your prizes.

Inspired by your clue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfi5kojsXhg

This one makes me laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Gk9p4mi70

And for you UK peeps, this is Buddy's reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5Z-HpHH9g

Happy Hanukkah everyone!