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Christmas Conundrums 2008 : triumphant victors

And the winners are...

The answer to this year's series of conundrorum was one word, 'Poison', as sung in All This and More: explanation here.

Here's the order of Triumphant Victors drawn from the BtP Homburg on 6 January. Thanks to today's BtP Assistant (click on her illustration). Winners get the highest remaining item based on their prize preferences: a good few people have got their first or second choice.

If your name appears on the winners' list below, please make sure we have your 'real world' address as soon as possible, and we'll activate the BtP snails to bring the goodies to the various continents required. Do send your address even if you've won before: saves our fossicking in the files. Do note, however, that BtP can't be held responsible if these prizes do get swallowed by the mail system. We can only do our best, and we act in good faith ...

First in to BtP, against the clock	Marvin Chassman (USA), who has been a winner each of the twelve years since the puzzles started in 1997, wins his first choice of prize: a copy of the 2009 orchestral / choral DVD Procol Harum: Live at Ledreborg Castle (with six 1974 bonus tracks) (thanks, Eagle Rock) [This prize will be sent out when it's issued]	b f a e d j g h i c
Second in, against the clock	Bert Saraco (USA), effectively wins his first choice of prize: the other DVD of Procol Harum: Live at Ledreborg Castle (thanks, Eagle Rock) [This prize also will be sent out when it's issued]	b f a d e g h i c j
Third in, against the clock	Patrick Keating (USA), wins his first choice of prize, The Common Thread CD by the Keith Reid Project, signed and personally dedicated (thanks, Keith)	a b f d e i j g h c
First out of the BtP Homburg	John Cammalleri (USA) wins his fourth choice of prize, Trace of a Feeling, the third Palers' Project 2CD	b f a c e d h g j i
Second out of the BtP Homburg	Tormod Ringvold (Norway) wins his second choice of prize, George Lovell's excellent book of Procol Harum concert memoirs, The Waiter Brought a Tray (thanks, George)	a i e f b d g h j c
Third out of the BtP Homburg	Barbara Black (whence?) wins her fifth choice of prize, A Brooker / Reid tee-shirt from the 40th Anniversary celebrations in July 2007 ... what size would you like?	b f a i g d c j h e
Fourth out of the BtP Homburg	Mogens Vinther (Denmark) wins his fourth choice of prize, the confessional book Journey to Freedom by former Procol Harum drummer, Bobby Harrison (thanks, Bobby)	b f a e d j c h g i
Fifth out of the BtP Homburg	Heidi Widmer (Switzerland) wins her second choice of prize, the signed flyer from a 1997 Gary Brooker Ensemble concert (thanks, Gary)	a d b f h e j i c g
Sixth out of the BtP Homburg	Peter Cohen (UK) wins his eighth choice of prize, the Bert Saraco tee-shirt depicting Procol Harum's 'Golden Decade' (thanks, Hermann)	a f b d i e g j h c
Seventh and last out of the BtP Homburg	Kerry Holloway (USA) wins his fifth choice of prize, a Procol Harum poster from Kristiansand, Norway	b a f e h i d g j c

Many thanks to everyone who took part in this year's puzzles, commiserations to those whose names perforce remained in the BtP Homburg following the drawing of lots.

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