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paul

4th March 2026, 16:16
Thanks for all your entries. Welcome Tantanio – please check out Peer Review and Weekend Peer Review – in all cases you’ll need to compose at least one clue!

Thanks for the explanations Raffles! Of the containers; really liked SS 4 but felt “is” was superfluous; would have preferred a semi-colon or dash. Enjoyed Chris’s 2. Liked Geting5/6 and Andy’s 8. Loved Darla’s 11 but felt it required specialist knowledge to solve. Liked surface and construction of Tyke 20. Liked Motley’s topical 24 but DBE not specific enough for my taste. Also tickled by Geeker 41/44.

Final results.
Joint Bronze; Tyke 20 and SS 22 (way over my pay grade!)

Joint Silver; Motley 14 and Jon 8

My choice this week is Darla 23’s ultra-smooth surface

Run into Scotsman in Middle East country

Congratulations Darla!

Apologies for the serious tone of the prizes but this is my reflection on the historic time we are living in.

Ancient Persia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34oQfaJiy7w

The beauty of Iran we don’t see in the papers;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srR1u5fMX4s

Iran in 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWrcP6ruJ6k&list=TLPQMDMwMzIwMjYAYft1qsU5Lw&index=4

Before and after the revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIBrZL8t8n0&list=TLPQMDMwMzIwMjYAYft1qsU5Lw&index=1

Iranian view expressed through rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_vAtHNgoE&list=RDDB_vAtHNgoE&start_radio=1

Why do many Iranians want the Shah back https://youtube.com/shorts/iGuiRSosyjc?si=UaP0YMO9wrd5lF_g


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fieryjack

4th March 2026, 16:55
Congratulations Darla
Cheers Paul for hosting, I did think my revolutionary guards (che) might have got a mention, oh well
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jono

4th March 2026, 17:04
Congratulations Darla and many thanks Paul for hosting and the silver.
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geting

4th March 2026, 17:12
Congratulations Darla. Thanks Paul for hosting and the mention
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chrise

4th March 2026, 17:19
Congrats darla. Thanks paul, and for the mention.
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tyke51

4th March 2026, 17:28
Well done Darla - many thanks for the joint bronze Paul!'
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rafflesthegt

4th March 2026, 17:28
Lovely Darla - there's only one Scotsman for you; Frankie Miller 😉
Cheers Paul - I’ve long felt, explaining a clue was like explaining a joke…

Welcome Tantanio - thanks for appreciating my well oiled effort [if Iran wasn’t well oiled, would it even be on the radar…]
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motley

4th March 2026, 17:55
Thanks Paul
Congratulations, Darla
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paul

4th March 2026, 18:06
Fiery - I must admit I didn't fully get it. Yes - revolutionary guards was a stroke of topical genius!
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aristophanes

4th March 2026, 18:27
Good one, darla. Thanks, paul.
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