| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Ganesh Raman | Top leader pursuing filthy rich CEO for a kickback | 45 | 23 | Top leader (T) following anagram of 'rich CEO' (filthy as anagrind); Def =Kickback |
- Brilliant clue (NL) |
| 2 | Thejaswi Udupa | Right choice, wrong repercussion | 32 | 19 | (rt (right) choice)*, anagrind: wrong. Definition - repercussion |
- Great clue apart from that I''m not comfortable with right > rt*. - Nooo. How can such a nice surface be spoiled by an indirect anagram? (NL) - Not sure about the definition. - Sure many had this idea, but surface has come out well - Two letters to be annagramed probably makes is an indirect one! |
| 3 | Satyen Nabar | Kick in crotch? That is awful (8) | 30 | 14 | (CROTCH IE)*; Kick= defn, that is (abbrev)= ie, awful= anag ind |
- Great idea. ''That is'' > IE is an indirect anagram. - In...coming indirect anagram (NL) Maybe we start allowing 2 letter IAs? I''m weakening guys (NL) - indirect anagram? |
| 4 | Ajeesh | Heroic act possibly avoided a backlash (8) | 27 | 16 | Anagram of HEROIC ACT minus A |
- A lovely straigh forward clue. Better for the cryptic grammar would be ''avoiding''. - Very well done (NL) |
| 5 | N Anantakrishnan | Return to dictator's Third Reich perhaps? | 27 | 14 | { To (di)C(tator) Reich } * Def - return |
- Amazing clue (NL) - Brilliant wordplay ! |
| 6 | Textrous | Exceptionally heroic act prevented a backfire (8) | 26 | 13 | heroicact* - a; def: backfire |
- Great wp. ''preventing'' would be better for the cryptic grammar. |
| 7 | @usharameshnj | I crochet to unwind and reflect | 25 | 15 | [I crochet]* to unwind (anagrind) and def: reflect |
- Good surface but odd anagram where only one letter moves |
| 8 | Suyash Roongta | Retweet about free choice leads to reflection (8) | 22 | 11 | RT about (CHOICE)*. Anagrind - free. Def - reflection. |
- Lovely innovative clue (NL) |
| 9 | Manish Jhaveri | Bounce back to crack heroic, entertaining 100 before tea is announced [8] | 18 | 9 | Def: Bounce back; Heroic* (crack is anagrind), entertaining (= hosting / taking) C (=100) before T (tea is announced) |
- ''def to wp'' or incorrect cryptic grammar - should be cracking - otherwise amazing (NL) - I always love a cricket surface. |
| 10 | Samit kallianpur | Bob and Rick O'Shea on the radio! (8) | 13 | 9 | Homophone of Rick O'Shea. Bob = def. On the radio = hp indicator. Rick O'Shea (pronounced like ricochet) is a radio host. |
- Again, bob doesn''t seem synonymous with ricochet to me - brilliant surface and wp though (NL) - nice find |
| 11 | Crochet I knitted for Spring | 11 | 8 | crochet i*. ..Knitted is the indicator.. Spring as defn. | ||
| 12 | Suggestion of carnality in naughty, hot, erotic glance | 11 | 7 | suggestion of carnality=C naughty=anagrind hot=H (H + ERO(C)TIC)* | ||
| 13 | Profitable housing firm with competence essentially will make a comeback (8) | 11 | 5 | Profitable=Rich; Firm=Co; Competence essentially=ET; Housing=Container indicator. Defn: Make a comeback. |
- I really like the wp in this clue but the inclusion of ''will'' to make the surface work lets it down unfortunately. |
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| 14 | Affluent people taking company jet without starting to reflect (8) | 10 | 7 | Affluent people : Rich ; company : Co; without starting : delete first letter; ri(Co)ch + jet (-j) . To reflect = definition |
- Lovely surface. ''beginning'' beginning would be better as the indicator because ''starting'' isn''t a noun. |
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| 15 | Company owned by wealthy executive got traded at first glance (8) | 9 | 6 | RI (CO) CH + E (executive) + T (traded at first) = RICOCHET (glance) |
- Basis for E=Executive ? - Don’t see executive = E in chambers BRB or crossword dictionary. Ex is |
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| 16 | Pioneers of Rich Indian company deceive without a Backlash (8) | 9 | 6 | Pioneers of Rich Indian is RI/ company is CO/ deceive is cheat / without a is Chet/ Backlash is def |
- Great clue. I can''t see a reason for ''backlash'' to have a capital. |
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| 17 | Glance at Communist leader and revolutionary in riot (8) | 9 | 5 | Def. "Glance"; RI[C]O[CHE]T = first letter ("leader") of Communist and Che ("revolutionary" Guevara) in RIOT |
- Great idea however I''d say that the two elements being inserted would need to follow sequentially unless there''s an indication that they are split up. - Not a fan of def at wp. Lovely surface and wp though (NL) - Role of “at”? |
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| 18 | Rebound with extreme chutzpah in erotic move (8) | 8 | 5 | Def: Rebound, extreme chutzpah = CH, in -> containment indicator, move -> anagrind, CH -> EROTIC* |
- Great idea. Clue clinic has ''extreme of'' as indicating final letter but ''extremes of'' indicating both ends. - Should be extremely or extremes of |
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| 19 | Bounce ball in hard cricket pitch, dismissing wickets in the middle (8) | 8 | 5 | Def = bounce, O (ball) in (H CRICKET)* - K (wicKets), pitch = anagram ind, dismissing = deletion ind |
- I really LOVE the surface but the ball is bounced ON the pitch rather than IN. - If pitch as anagrind is intended as a verb, it should be before the fodder or should be pitches . |
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| 20 | Trainer in wrong tier misses a rebound (8) | 6 | 4 | Trainer misses a = CO(-a)CH in TIER* def: rebound |
- Lovely surface. ''missing'' would be better for the cryptic grammar. |
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| 21 | High Court jails revolutionary after Unionist is killed by one boomerang (8) | 6 | 3 | {COURT*(Anangrind High as in drunk) -U(nionist)+I(one)} around (indicator jails) CHE (revolutionary) |
- Can I use ''shopping list format'' to justify a = 1? (As I''d really prefer it to ''one'' here.) Otherwise perfect (NL) - Great clue. For the cryptic grammar, it should be ''jailing''. |
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| 22 | Deflect fruit choice (he eats regularly) | 6 | 2 | RICOCHET (Deflect) = every other letter of (regularly) fruit choice he eats | ||
| 23 | Right & wrong choice takes time to make a ripple (8) | 5 | 3 | R + (choice)* + T, def: make a ripple | ||
| 24 | Echo playing tricks without kings | 5 | 2 | (echo+tric)* &lit |
- Great wp. The surface doesn''t quite work. - How is this &lit? - I don''t think this is an &lit – "playing tricks without kings" does not contribute to the definition - Role of kings in &lit definition is not clear - This is not &lit. Without kings is not part of def (NL) |
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| 25 | Choir octet uncovered playing carrom | 4 | 3 | Anagram of CHOIR and CTE (oCTEt uncovered) |
- Great clue (NL) - Great idea. ''uncovered'' doesn''t seem to work in the surface. |
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| 26 | Skip rigorous imprisonment by leading cops off . . . cleverly hide every trail (8) | 4 | 3 | def: skip, RI (rigorous imprisonment), next to (by), COCHET (acrostic indicator: leading) |
- Fantastic clue (NL) |
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| 27 | Reversals initially? Time to take fresh choice to bounce back (8) | 4 | 2 | Anno: CHOICE* between R, T. Def: To bounce back |
- Lovely wp. The surface doesn''t seem to mean anything. |
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| 28 | Hit soccer ball without silence for a rebound (8) | 4 | 2 | Anagram of HIT SOCCER without S |
- Great surface. I can''t see ''S'' as an abbreviation for silence in Collins. Is ''ball'' an anagram indictor? - How is Silence=S? - Role of ball in wordplay ? And basis for S = silence is not clear - Silence = S? Perhaps sh or st - Why is ball an anagrind and how does silence become s? (NL) |
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| 29 | Awed out of cowardice perhaps, on the drunken rebound (8) | 3 | 1 | (cowardice-awed)* on (the)* ricoc+het def:rebound perhaps and drunked are anagrinds | ||
| 30 | Corrupt, rich escort avoids senior getting a kickback | 2 | 3 | Anagram of (Rich escort) - Sr ------ Kickback (Definition) |
- Great wp. For the cryptic grammar, ''avoiding'' would be better. |
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| 31 | Sadly, tech bro failing to begin grasping basics of impartial, courteous comeback (8) | 2 | 2 | Def: comeback; TECH (-B)RO* with I, C. First letter deletion indicator: failing to begin |
- Excellent story and clue (NL) - Great wp. The surface doesn''t quite work. |
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| 32 | Skim author's yarn with a hook that moves right to the front? (8) | 2 | 1 | Author (I) + yarn with a hook (CROCHET), moving "R" to the front = RICOCHET ("skim") |
- I really like the surface context of story writing. The surface doesn''t quite work with the hook moving from where the author put it. - Insertion indicator for I? |
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| 33 | Glance chaotic beginnings of Industrial Revolution with hand amputated during textile production (8) | 2 | 1 | def [glance] IR* + CROCHET -R | ||
| 34 | Different ICC bats for rebound | 2 | 1 | Rebound is definition for RICOCHET, Different(=other)+ICC, bats is anagram indicator. |
- Good surface. ''different'' > ''other*'' is an indirect anagram. - Indirect anagram - Indirect anagram (NL) - Indirect anagram? - Would synonym anagram work? |
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| 35 | A porn actress with architect outcast as 'this rebound partner' | 1 | 1 | apornactressarchitect* [out - elision] =castasRICOCHETpartner. CA. Def: this rebound |
- Elision in anagrind in a CA makes it quite unfair for solver - I do so love a CA but the surface on this one doesn''t seem to work. |
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| 36 | Mr. Atkins follows part of Cars' lead singer for kickback. (8) | 1 | 1 | Mr. Atkins (Chet) follows part of Cars' lead singer(Ric Ocasic) for kickback (definition). | ||
| 37 | Reflect on crochet I use | 1 | 1 | Reflect - definition, CROCHET+I*, use - anagrind |
- Def on wp? (NL) - Role of “on”? |
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| 38 | Commanding officer catches booming ends of fluke bullet rebound (8) | 1 | 1 | CO in RICH (booming as in describing voice quality) ET (flukE bulleT); definition: rebound |
- "CO catches" seems like CO should go around RICH/ET, not the other way around - Great surface context. ''Catching'' would be better for the cryptic grammar. That said, ''catching'' is a containment indicator rather than an insertion indicator so your wp would be C[RICH]O. |
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| 39 | Bounce back after hectic circuit and resistance workout | 1 | 1 | Bounce back = def , (HECTIC + O +R )* |
- Role of “after”? |
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| 40 | Opener for Kangaroos dismissed after Kohli's second hundred in amazing cricket bounce-back [8] | 1 | 1 | Def: Bounce-back. Opener for Kangaroos = K, Kohli's second = O, Hundred = H. Amazing is the anagrind. Hence: (CRIC(-K)ET)* containing O&H |
- Hundred = H? Maybe 200 - Lovely cricket surface. I''m not a fan of split anagram fodder. ie OH + anagram indicator + CRIC(K)ET |
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| 41 | Bounce back moving right to the front in one’s network? (8) | 1 | 1 | R +( I C(-r<)OCHET,, one’s network? = I CROCHET , with R moving to the front, Def Bounce back |
- Great clue! I like the cryptic aspect to ''network''. |
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| 42 | The way a bullet moves, stirring echo in one state after another (8) | 0 | The way a bullet moves (DEFN), stirring (ANAGRIND) echo in (CONTAINMENT) one state (CT) after another (RI) ----- RI C{OCHE}T |
- Lovely idea. The surface doesn''t really gel. I think a better def would be ''the way a bullet might move''. |
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| 43 | Skip independent crochet design {8} | 0 | Independent : I, crochet :fodder, design :anagram indicator, Skip: Ricochet | |||
| 44 | Bob's fat cat foreigner incorporating company | 0 | Rich ET over CO, Ri(co)chET |
- Good surface. I haven''t seen foreigner = ET (only alien = ET) - How does bob mean ricochet? Cool surface idea though :) (NL) |
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| 45 | Sound bounces off a noiseless conch in a desecrated rite (8) | 0 | Def on Left - noiseless conch (COCH) in a desecrated rite (RI_ET) |
- Basis for N=noise ? - Lovely surface. There is a mismatch between the def and the solution. The def is third person singular verb but the solution is first or second or third person plural. |