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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.

Congratulations Mattrom and thanks to geeker for hosting.

Congrats mattorm and thanks geeker.

Thanks for the clips. Sorry, the first on is bullshit - the Mongolfiers used hot air rather than hydrogen.

Congrats, mattrom. Brilliant as ever. Thanks to geeker for hosting, and to tyke for the vote.

Congratulations, Mattrom! Thanks for hosting, Geeker.