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31 July, 2016

Hot off the sheets, the news is in - the podium finale to last week's Lewd Clues. To remind you, this was a Brainstorm that put the Bra In Storm, inviting all comers to twiddle their wordplay towards the blue end of the spectrum.

Over 50 entries made it hard for me, that's for sure, trying to determine the winner of the double-entendre book prize: It Just Slipped Out, by Russell Ash.

So without knowing who's actually who, here are the pick of the posse, from fine through to finest:

DISMANTLE - Royal adulteress laments scandalous break-up [Less lewd, than sleek, this early effort from Joe Blow had news cred.]

SPLENDOUR - Beauty softly pinched by naughty old nurse [Love the Carry-On rompiness effusing from Ben Dover's work]

PETROLEUM - Stroke part... um... it comes from pumping? [OK, now we're diving down to the bottom, with a top piece of smut from Hugh Jass - both wordplay and definition.]

PETROLEUM: Let me pour massage oil after crude treatment [Classier exectution from Roger the Cabin Boy, clearly a smoother operator off the streets.]

DISMANTLE: Pull down pants and let miss finish off [Wait, let me rethink that. Here's Roger again, a player who may consider him/herself unlucky not to score the swag.]

Because the winner won me over with two brilliant bits of wickedness that also gloats the advantage of spooning into an intimate overlap. Congratulations True Blue, you are the Go-To Lothario of this week's maelstrom. Here's the eye-catching pair:

GRAVITATE: Get pulled off, give a tart... 
SPLENDOUR: ...fifty in pay, wanting head for an "Around the World" - that's something special!

Well done all clue-mongers, inlcuding Brock Landers, Khrimi Jakov & the Callipygean Contessa - thanks for the smirks. If True Blue, you can out yourself in theforum, and email me you snail mail address, I'll ensure to send this hot title your way. 

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