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The first to enter was rosalyn251254 with a thoughtful set of words which failed to score ~ no late Christmas/birthday present there, I�m afraid. (Sorry) However, we had only to wait a few seconds before ex-champion Dinkypuzzled launched a double whammy with JACK HAMMER and JUMPING BEANS to claim FOUR POINTS and be crowned HOT SHOT OF THE WEEK (no messing around with him)!
*** Let trumpets sound and cannon roar ***
*** Let the people cheer and shout �Encore� ***
Although no one else struck with Jack Hammer, Jumping Beans was a great favourite with Jools, Christiana, evasajo & fordward all making early hits to claim their Two Points. Several people offered Jumping Jack which caused me to pause and consider, but I finally decided to judge as �incorrect�.
At 09.02, Entrant #13 in the form of ex-champion ulysses100 began to TALK TURKEY for another TWO POINTS and only ex-champion sarumite picked up a point for this same prediction. Apart from lysander & Dustybun claiming to be full of (Jumping) Beans, the only other scorer was the shrewd ex-champion kettledrum as Entrant #30 with COW CATCHER to claim the last TWO POINTS.
She is well known for reading the preamble carefully for clues!
The League Table after this first week is:
FOUR POINTS: Dinkypuzzled
TWO POINTS: Christiana, evsajo, fordward, jools, kettledrum & ulysses100
ONE POINT: Dustybun, lysander & sarumite
Everyone else is �equal 11th�
I cannot wait to see what Queen Meg has in store for us next week.
Until next weekend, this is crofter signing off.
See you next Saturday: Same time � Same place � Same setter
Until then: HAPPY LINKING!
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