| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Nate Cardin | Flying? That fear's occasionally not as serious | 37 | 16 | Every other letter (occasionally) of |
- Lovely idea. I don''t think the surface quite works. |
| 2 | Manish Jhaveri | What the guy on a diet wants to get: the girl perhaps (7) | 32 | 16 | ANNO: Def = what the guy on a diet wants to get? THEGIRL* |
- Fantastic clue (NL) - Nice surface! |
| 3 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Eight bombs between two sides? This can be inflammatory! (8) | 25 | 14 | Eight*>>L R. Def: This can be inflammatory. | |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | The girl's exercising to become thinner (7) | 24 | 14 | (THE GIRL)* |
- Great clue (NL) |
| 5 | VENKATESAN P | The girl at sea gets a flat-bottomed boat(7) | 21 | 14 | The girl - Anagram fodder; At sea - Anagrind; A flat-bottomed boat - Definition. | |
| 6 | Ganesh Raman | Hitler punished and paraded around German capital would be fairer, perhaps | 20 | 10 | Anagram of Hitler containing G; 'Punished' as anagrind; 'Paraded around' as container; German capital = G; Def = Fairer |
- Great clue! I think the surface would be better with ''being punished and paraded...'' - Nice surface! "Perhaps" is not needed, perhaps? :) - Sensational clue (NL) |
| 7 | Mona Sogal | Singer's not so heavy (7) | 17 | 8 | Double Definition - singer as cryptic def for one who lights and not so heavy |
- Great idea for a CD. I think ''singer'' would need a dbei. - Root issue |
| 8 | Kabir Firaque | What the girl became after losing weight (7) | 16 | 8 | Anagram of THE GIRL (indicator: became), while the whole clue is the definition ( and lit) | |
| 9 | Vinay Singad | The girl rigged match (7) | 14 | 10 | The girl : fodder, rigged : anagram indicator, Definition : Match | |
| 10 | N Anantakrishnan | Person redressing wrongs switches sides, becomes an arsonist (7) | 13 | 6 | Righter -R + L Def - Arsonist |
- Wonderful clue (NL) |
| 11 | Sree sree | Reducing a very long distance by half yard is easier | 13 | 5 | Lightyear-ya |
- Root issue |
| 12 | Evil Hitler circles the capital of Greece on a boat (7) | 12 | 7 | Hitler * around G , Boat - def |
- ''On" doesn''t work as a connector between WP and Def - Great idea. I don''t think ''on'' is a connector. |
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| 13 | The girl broke up a match (7) | 12 | 7 | (The girl)*, Definition: a match (one that lights a fire) |
- As with many clues, I think ''match'' needs a definition by example indicator, others may disagree (NL) |
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| 14 | Case of large girth solved to become less heavy | 12 | 5 | Def: less heavy. Charade with anagram. LE (Case of large) + GIRTH. Anagrind: Solved. |
- Great idea. I don''t think the surface quite works. - Wonderful clue, would prefer ''fixed, became'' for example (NL) |
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| 15 | The girl turned more pale (7) | 11 | 8 | Lighter*. The girl = Anagram fodder. Turned = Anagrind. More pale = Def. | ||
| 16 | Essentially weights distributed in both hands could reveal one of their qualities (7) | 11 | 5 | Essentially weights = eight, distributed is anagrind, both hands= L,R. Hence, L(IGHTE*)R. Extended Def: Quality of weights, one of them might be lighter. | ||
| 17 | Martial artist strikes head with hand in match | 10 | 6 | Fighter (martial artist) strikes head (delete first letter) with hand in (insertion: hand (l) in) match = lighter |
- L is juxtaposed not inserted, no ? - Lovely idea. I think ''martial artist'' would need a dbei. |
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| 18 | Rascal heading off in barge (7( | 10 | 5 | -bLIGHTER. Def: Barge | ||
| 19 | Boxer loses opening fight to student less heavy(7) | 8 | 6 | Defn is less heavy, boxer is fighter, (-F)+(L)ighter |
- Excellent clue, would prefer middle of scuffle to start of fight (NL) - Great idea. The letter selection indicator would be ''opening OF''. |
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| 20 | The girl can be fairer (7) | 8 | 6 | (THEGIRL)* Def: fairer (lighter in the sense of colour) | ||
| 21 | Leaving a land, Queen in boat (7) | 8 | 5 | ALIGHT-A ER. Def: boat |
- What does the surface mean? |
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| 22 | The girl tones up to become less heavy. | 7 | 4 | the+girl* tones up (anagrind) to become (connector) def: less heavy | ||
| 23 | Little top taken off by queen is what started a fire (7) | 7 | 4 | slight - s + er |
- What does the surface mean? |
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| 24 | Barge in, stifling British scoundrel (7) | 7 | 4 | -b from (stifling Britsh) bLIGHTER (scoundrel) = LIGHTER. Def: barge | ||
| 25 | More fair match? (7) | 7 | 3 | Double def - ? since |
- Great idea. I think ''fairer'' would be better and then it would be a fantastic clue. |
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| 26 | Maybe Hitler's the leader of German boat (7) | 6 | 5 | Def:Boat; HITLER* has G (leader of German) |
- Great clue, I don''t love ''maybe'' as an anagrind, maybe I''m too old-fashioned haha. (NL) |
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| 27 | Fairer means of starting a fire | 6 | 4 | DD |
- I expect there''s a root issue here. - Root issue |
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| 28 | "Bwahahaha, but I swapped out the gold for flint and steel!" | 6 | 3 | LAUGHTER (Bwahahaha), but I replaces AU (the gold). |
- Fantastic clue, felt bwahaha needed a def by example indicator (NL) - Lovely idea. I think ''flint and steel'' needs a dbei. I think ''swapped out'' needs to also have ''with'' but the the surface would be not so good. |
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| 29 | Helps set fire to a barge | 4 | 3 | Double definition |
- Great idea, would''ve preferred a nounal definition on both sides though a verbal phrase is acceptable (NL) - Great idea. You would need ''It (helps set fire to) otherwise you have a POS mismatch: ''help set fire to'' (verb) / lighter (noun) |
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| 30 | Chap with shaven head looks less heavy (7) | 4 | 3 | Def: less heavy; (-B)LIGHTER | ||
| 31 | While the tiger was well hidden on the one hand, it was less dark overall (7) | 2 | 1 | Def on the right - less dark; well hidden as anagram indicator for TIGER, and LH for on the one hand - LIGHTER |
- What a great surface! I''m not a fan of split anagram fodder. |
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| 32 | Smaller sun eclipsed brighter. | 1 | 2 | smaller=SLIGHTER | ||
| 33 | Decapitated bloke becomes much underweight | 1 | 1 | (-B) LIGHTER = Bloke - Blighter, decapitated - deletion indicator, much underweight - definition |
- Great idea. I don''t think that ''much underweight'' = lighter. ''More underweight'' would = lighter. |
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| 34 | This barge is easier to unload (7) | 1 | 1 | DD (1. a LIGHTER is a type of barge used for loading/unloading cargo. 2. if something is LIGHTER it is easier to unload.) |
- Great idea. I don''t think ''easier to unload'' = lighter though it may be a dbe. - root issue, for a DD try find two very different meanings of the word (NL) |
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| 35 | Spooner says 'He builds a house boat' (7) | 1 | 1 | Tyler <--> Lighter |
- Clue works better if it refers to a Tyler who is better known. As is, it''s a random name. - Great idea but a tiler doesn''t build houses (NL) |