| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Myra Shah | Perhaps poetry captures the essence of one’s turmoil | 53 | 30 | POETRY* containing o(N)e Def: turmoil |
- elegant, beautiful surface - Wonderful surface sense |
| 2 | Rachel Fabi - @faBioethics | Confused? Nope? Try randomness (7) | 33 | 18 | anagram of "nope try" (as indicated by "confused") |
- Gorgeous in its simplicity - simple and fun! |
| 3 | Satyen Nabar | Pinot and rye cocktail leaving one in state of confusion (7) | 32 | 21 | (PINOT+RYE)* - I; defn= state of confusion |
- nice surface, although I don''t think you''d ever mix pinot and rye! |
| 4 | VENKATESAN P | Leaders of every nation tries restoration of peace, yet get disorderliness(7) | 32 | 18 | Acrostic. Definition: Disorderliness |
- A lovely acrostic however the verb form doesn''t match the subject. leaders / tries - Nice surface - Nice surface, but grammatically it should be try instead of tries - Should be "try" for surface grammar. Nice acrostic. |
| 5 | ARJUN MUKERJEE | Chaos in every port nearby from east to west (7) | 27 | 19 | def: "chaos", container indicator : "in", reversal indicator : "from east to west", (YPORTNE)<< |
- Clever construction - good, simple clue |
| 6 | Ananth Srinivasan | Old piano blocking door causing chaos (7) | 24 | 16 | ENTR(OP)Y Defn: Chaos | |
| 7 | anand ranganathan | Dishevelled, essentially inept Tory delivering chaos | 24 | 15 | dishevelled = anagrind, (NEP + TORY)* |
- This sounds like someone with whom we are familiar. |
| 8 | Manish Jhaveri | Aggressive leader, ignored by one party, spreads chaos (7) | 22 | 16 | A removed from ONEPARTY = ONEPRTY* (spreads is anagrind) | |
| 9 | Yossi Fendel | Disorder prone to add temperature? Yes! (7) | 22 | 9 | &lit, anagram of PRONE with T added, followed by Y. |
- Brilliant clue - great &lit (does entropy increase temperature? I''m not sure) - I can''t see what the surface means nor how it is &lit. - Not &lit |
| 10 | N Anantakrishnan | Comical poetry about leader of nation causes chaos (7) | 21 | 16 | (Poetry)* around n(ation) | |
| 11 | Composed poetry, describing national state of chaos (7) | 19 | 14 | POETRY* around N, def = state of chaos | ||
| 12 | Operation to block access resulted in chaotic situation | 18 | 15 | def:"chaotic situation"; Operation=OP, access=ENTRY, "to block" is the containment indicator | ||
| 13 | Chaos in Yokohama, say, overwhelmed by crash of yen (6) | 16 | 11 | PORT (Yokohama, say) inside (overwhelmed by) YEN*(Crash of). Def: Chaos |
- Reversal ind? |
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| 14 | Absurdist poetry embraces new state of disorder | 14 | 10 | Entropy (poetry + n)* = state of disorder |
- Great surface sense! |
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| 15 | Corner set up by left back before end of play leads to a state of confusion (7) | 14 | 8 | Corner = NE, Set up = reversal indicator, left = port, back = Reversal indicator , before = positional indicator, end of play = Y, definition = a state of confusion |
- great surface with soccer theme |
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| 16 | Agitating English Tory party leader creates chaos (7) | 10 | 8 | Charade with Anagram. EN + TORY + P (party leader). Anagrind: Agitating. Def: Chaos | ||
| 17 | Lack of predictability in new poetry movement (7) | 9 | 8 | N POETRY * | ||
| 18 | English missed focus of Ashes in cup leading to collapse (7) | 9 | 6 | English EN TROPHY cup - H focus of Ashes. Def: collapse | ||
| 19 | Ha! Avoided honeytrap somehow in confusion (7) | 9 | 6 | Honeytrap* - Ha. Avoided = deletion indicator. Somehow = anagrind. Confusion = def | ||
| 20 | Clue submission carrying kernel of hope in chaos (7) | 9 | 6 | ENTR((h)OP(e))Y |
- Great wordplay. I can''t see the role of ''clue'' in the clue. |
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| 21 | Yes, the middle of Newport News is receding and coming apart (7) | 7 | 4 | Y (yes) + PORTNE (middle of newPORTNEws) reversed (receding), coming apart = def |
- Great idea for a rev tel. Unfortunately, it doesn''t quite work with the indicator ''middle'' as it''s not the middle. |
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| 22 | Collapse core of mens' trophy to lose height | 7 | 3 | m(EN)s + TROPHY minus H |
- Lovely wordplay. The surface doesn''t seem to mean anything. - So great |
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| 23 | Tolkien creature: pyrokinetic force of chaos (7) | 6 | 5 | ENT ("Tolkien creature") + PYRO* (anagrind "kinetic") | ||
| 24 | Teeny person struggling to be seen with this confusion (7) | 6 | 5 | Composite Anagram - TEENYPERSON* = SEEN ENTROPY*, Definition - This confusion, Anagrind - Struggling |
- I love a CA! The surface is a bit wonky as one doesn''t really say ''WITH this confusion''; one say ''IN this confusion'' |
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| 25 | New poetry about process of degradation (7) | 5 | 5 | N poetry : Fodder, About : anagram indicator, process of degradation : Entropy. | ||
| 26 | Bringing direction into muddled poetry only increases the level of disorder around? | 5 | 3 | Def on Right. Adding direction N to muddled POETRY. |
- Great wordplay. There are two extraneous words here: only and around. The clue would be much better without these words. |
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| 27 | Chaos after anti-transgender focus found in poetry being broadcast (7) | 4 | 3 | N (anti-traNsgender focus) in POETRY* (being broadcast) = E(N)TROPY*. Def: chaos | ||
| 28 | Printers' Dash prize no longer includes heroin — it leads to chaos! | 4 | 3 | EN + (TROPHY - H [no heroin needed]) = Def. |
- Good wordplay. I don''t think this surface works. |
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| 29 | Rama cycling before the baseless one, without energy after a long run (8) | 4 | 2 | (+RA)MARA(-RA) cycling - move the second syllable to the front; TH(-E) baseless - deletion indicator for last letter; ON (-E) without energy - for deleting the letter E |
- It''s always great to see a cycling clue! - Missing a Definition? - This clue is for MARATHON! |
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| 30 | English husband lost souvenir showing lack of organisation (7) | 3 | 3 | English = EN, souvenir = TROPHY, Husband lost =take away H. Hence: EN TROP(-H)Y. Def: Lack of organisation | ||
| 31 | Spoor quality following otolaryngologist (7) | 3 | 2 | S is the crossword definition for ENTROPY; ENT+ROPY. | ||
| 32 | Submission has clue-setter give selective information | 2 | 2 | ENTRY (submission) has OP (clue setter, aka Original Poster in Internet slang for those who begin an online thread). Definition: selective information |
- Lovely idea. ''clue setter'' would need a DBEI as it''s an example of an OP. |
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| 33 | Lack of predictability, husband missed the English Sports Cup | 2 | 2 | Lack of predictability - definition, English - EN, Sports Cup - TROPHY EN+TROP(-H)Y |
- Lovely wordplay. The surface doesn''t quite work and would be better as an extended def. |
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| 34 | State of chaos caused by pyrotechnic explosion lacking chic | 2 | 2 | Def = State of chaos; Anagram of ('Pyrotechnic' minus 'chic'); 'Explosion' as Anagrind; 'Lacking' as deletion indicator |
- Lovely idea. The story in the surface doesn''t quite work logically. |
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| 35 | Altered protein unit goes for chromosome decay (7) | 2 | 2 | Altered (anagrind) PROTEIN (fodder) -U + Y (unit goes for chromosome) decay (defn.) |
- A lovely idea for a substitution. I think your anno should be "- I". "I" for unit is a bit obscure. - There is no U in protein |
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| 36 | Encoded short signal finally ends disorder in the system (7) | 2 | 1 | Encoded (anagrind) short signal porten(-d)* ENTROP finallY ends Y def: disorder in the system |
- A lovely idea for the clue however signal > portend and then anagrammed is an indirect anagram. - Indirect anagram |
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| 37 | Covered method to approach the integral of dQ over T for a reversible process (7) | 1 | 1 | Covered = contained, method = OP in approach = ENTRY, the integral ... process = def | ||
| 38 | Pyrotechnic performance lacking chic, leading to chaos | 1 | 1 | Anagram of pyrotechnic - chic = Definition | ||
| 39 | Some French experiment ending poorly in disorder (7) | 1 | 1 | EN (some in French) T (experimenT ending) ROPY (meaning poorly); disorder is the definition of Entropy |
- EN is not ''some'' in French - Lovely wordplay. ''en'' is a bit obscure, mostly likely known only to speakers of French who have progressed far enough into their learning to have met phrases such as "Il y en a ...." and "J''en ai ...." for example. |
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| 40 | Not to accept throwing out diner at the gate over wine overturned in mayhem (7) | 1 | 1 | DEN(PORT<-)Y-D |
- The surface is a bit awkward. |
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| 41 | How much energy can’t work, but more specifically energy without a single bit of work done and plugging port back in (7) | 1 | 1 | ENTROPY [ENERGY - ERG (a single bit of work done) around TROP (port rev.)] | ||
| 42 | Henry has left Pullet Prize in chaos (7) | 0 | (H)en trop(h)y | |||
| 43 | Disorder stripped a tenth from pay, primarily (7) | 0 | Def: disorder. stripped tENTh, primary number positions of fROmPaY |
- Lovely idea but ''primarily'' is for taking the first letter rather than the prime numbered letters. |
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| 44 | Password provision without work? Perhaps a system's disorder (7) | 0 | Password provision is entry , without is container indicator, work is OP/ perhaps a system's disorder is definition |
- Great wordplay. I can''t see the role of ''perhaps'' in the clue; it doesn''t need a DBEI. |