| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | ARJUN MUKERJEE | Lehman CEO? Crooked opportunist! | 50 | 22 | (lehmanceo)* , def: opportunist |
- A wonderfully unexpected anagram and wonderful surface sense! - Very original, refreshingly different wordplay. Def is a bit suspect, a chameleon is fickle but not necessarily an opportunist? |
| 2 | Nate Cardin | Lizard ruined clean home | 41 | 16 | “clean home” anagrammed (ruined) = chameleon (lizard) |
- Succinct, realistic and works very well |
| 3 | Ananth Srinivasan | It turns peach and lemon to avoid predators primarily (9) | 30 | 14 | Extended Definition. (Peachlemon - p)* anagrind: turns, deletion: avoid |
- in this construction, the anagrind needs to come after the fodder |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Creature over top of hedge, one in disguise? (9) | 29 | 13 | CAMEL over H(-edge) + ONE* ; &lit |
- good effort, but just creature for camel is a bit too overarching imo, too many possibilities - To my understanding, ''over'' is a reversal indicator. There is likely a suitable substitute. |
| 5 | Yossi Fendel | A master of camouflage, Helen disrobes and replaces another Greek character in "Hero" (9) | 21 | 11 | ELE (hELEn disrobes) replaces PI (another Greek character) in CHAM-PI-ON (hero). "A master of camouflage" is the def. |
- cryptic syntax not smooth, and don''t see how just disrobing would lead to camouflage - Wow - what an approach! |
| 6 | Veera Raghavan | Tea with fresh lemon containing a bit of elaichi for one with fickle disposition? (9) | 19 | 11 | CHA[MEL(E)ON*] | |
| 7 | Madhusudan H | He pretends to brew English Lemon Tea (9) | 14 | 9 | HE PRETENDS (Defn) TO BREW (Anagrind) {E LEMON CHA} (Anagram Fodder) |
- Indirect anagram - Indirect anagram - cha for tea - indirect anagram unfortunately - Tea > cha* is an indirect anagram : ( - To Brew doesn''t work as imperative verb and #9810; and #9200; |
| 8 | Manish Jhaveri | Colourful creature that climbs leaves and fruit has large tail (9) | 13 | 8 | Def = Colourful creature that climbs; Wordplay: leaves = CHA, fruit = MELON with largE tail = E |
- Nice surface sense! - surface not convincing, one can climb trees or ''on/onto'' leaves, but ''climb leaves/fruit'' seems odd |
| 9 | AMRITA MAJUMDAR | Camouflage expert reached a city in Mexico possessing heroin (9) | 11 | 6 | CAME (reached) Leon ( city in Mexico) carrying H (heroin) |
- can''t see a meaningful correlation between different elements of the surface - Great clue. The surface would have been better with ''carrying'' (like in your anno) or ''in possession of''. |
| 10 | Nicholas Loader | Each minute one changes to accommodate a particular side | 10 | 3 | EACHMONE* around L (a particular side) = CHAME(L)EON. &lit |
- Close enough as an all in one clue defining a fickle person |
| 11 | From abandoned hole came one shelled reptile (9) | 9 | 7 | {hole came (o)n(e)}*. Abandoned - anagrind. Reptile - def |
- Works fine |
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| 12 | Michael somehow got rid of one for another one - an opportunist! | 9 | 6 | Substitution: MICHAEL - I + ONE (anagram fodder); ‘somehow’ and ‘another’ as Anagrinds; Def - Opportunist |
- syntax implies a substitution, hence one* should appear in the place where ''i'' was going by that logic |
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| 13 | Drink drug spiked lemon cocktail in blender(9) | 9 | 5 | Drink - cha, drug -E, spiked- container indicator, lemon (anagram fodder) , cocktail - anagram indicator, in connector, blender - defn , CHA+(M(E)LEON)* |
- some indication of cryptic definition would have been ideal |
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| 14 | Reptile leaves fruit having seeds in the middle (9) | 9 | 4 | CHA(leaves)+MELON (fruit) around se(E)ds. Def: Reptile |
- Simple and elegant. Nice surface sense. |
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| 15 | Each melon is different in colorful garden hanger (9) | 7 | 7 | Eachmelon*, Def - Colourful garden hanger |
- Lovely surface sense. - not sure about ''hanger'' being an appropriate definition |
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| 16 | I blend Indian tea with energy filled fruit | 7 | 4 | CHA (Indian tea) MEL(E)ON (energy filled fruit). Definition: I blend | ||
| 17 | A long time after animal has the last laugh, it changes colour (9) | 6 | 4 | A long time = EON, after = coming behind, animal = CAMEL, has the last laugH = contains H, “it changes colour”= def |
- I belong to the camp that doesn''t agree that ''last x'' equals ''last of x'' |
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| 18 | Glimpse of extremely large hen in camo. Disguised, this animal blends in. | 6 | 2 | (E (glimpse of extremely) + L (large) + HEN + CAMO)* (disguised = anagrind) |
- Great wp though I can''t see why a hen would be in camo unless it''s to evade foxes... - Surface not convincing enough |
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| 19 | Rotting lemon? Each one often changes colour (9) | 5 | 4 | (Lemon each)*// Definition: One often changes colour |
- The second half would require ''lemons'' in plural in the first part |
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| 20 | Opportunist's tea gourd holds last drop of tisane | 5 | 4 | Tea = cha / Gourd = melon / holds (container indicator) / last drop of (final letter indicator) (tisan)e = chameleon def: opportunist |
- surface not convincing |
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| 21 | Clean home constructed with marbled paper | 5 | 3 | Clean home = Anagram fodder; Constructed = Anagram indicator; Marbled paper= Definition |
- Could not find the link between chameleon and marbled paper, wish there was a little more elaboration |
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| 22 | One blending in cold meat with no eel pie | 5 | 3 | 'one blending in'=def; cold=C; meat=HAM; anag. NOEEL* ('pie' in sense of 'a mixed state/confusion' as anagrind) |
- Unconvincing surface |
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| 23 | One naturally blending tea with squeezed lemon - fresh, fully peeled (9) | 5 | 2 | Def = one naturally blending, wordplay - CHA (tea) + anagram of LEMON + E (from frEsh), squeezed is anagram ind |
- ''peeled'' imo takes out only the skin, ie the ends |
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| 24 | Blue lemon? Each and everyone of these can change its color (9) | 3 | 2 | Blue Anagrind/ lemon each*/ everyone of these can change its color is def |
- seems to point to a definition in the plural |
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| 25 | Acrobat drink fruit with energy (9) | 2 | 2 | Drink:Cha fruit :melon with energy :m definition Acrobat =Cha Mel(E)on |
- doubtful if def is ok, but anyway POS issue, should be ''drinks'' for surface grammar |
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| 26 | Masquerading Reptile, Clone gone wrong inspiring Master about in Higher Education | 2 | 1 | C[H(AM<)E]LEON* ...MA=Master, HE=Higher Education (STD ABR.), Inspiring > Inclusion Indicator |
- No clue about what the surface is trying to convey |
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| 27 | Each melon possibly undergoing change | 0 | Defn is undergoing change, each melon * |
- Chameleon is a noun. Undergoing change is a verbal clause and #128293; and #128565; and #128037; and #128037; and #128037; and #128037; and #128037; and #128110; - Surface seems improbable and definition not apt |
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| 28 | Tea with pepo without seeds essentially for adaptable person | 0 | Tea - CHA, Pepo - MELON without containment indicator, seeds essentially - E, CHA + MEL (E) ON, Adaptable person - Definition |