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Vote Mottram @9/17

motley, do you mean mattrom@10/17?
She has a 9 but it's unpaired.

Yes 10/17. Sorry Geeker

Tyke @26

Tyke #26

I'm posting from work, which is cumbersome.
Results will be out ASAP, but in the meantime feel free to launch WPR.

Thanks to all entrants. Many worthy clues.

Receiving 1 vote: darla 6, swarb 20, aristo 31, paul 33

2 votes: amej 8 (plus one like, so bronze on tiebreak), motley 29
3 votes: tyke 26 (silver)

Winner with 5 votes: mattrom 10/17 with the deserving
Fraudster, a piece of work without shame, exposed (9)

Congratulations, mattrom!

Prizes are a bit US-centric, but that's how things are these days, plus the USA has long been at the vanguard of financial chicanery.

Dr. Mesmer (long but interesting): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQyAnKjD6W4
Snake oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDsOJATX3A
Salad oil (this was notorious when I was growing up, but is peanuts by modern standards): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48mLzicEHUA
The elephant in the room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8TwRmX6zs4

Extra: clip will likely make sense only for US oldsters, but I don't know why this kind of informed protest song seems to have become extinct. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GjEtv5MXuk

Nice as usual mattrom; thanks geeker.

Congratulations mattrom and thanks geeker.

Well done Mattrom! Cheer Geeker and thanks to Raffles for the vote.