| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Anantakrishnan | Essentially, Novak acted improperly for a champion. | 49 | 23 | (Ova acted)* Def - champion |
- Excellent surface |
| 2 | Suyash Roongta | Endorser of CAA voted out (8) | 31 | 17 | {CAAVOTED}*. Anagrind - out. Def - endorser. CAA is a recent Indian law that generated quite a bit of controversy (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_(Amendment)_Act,_2019) | |
| 3 | Raj Jayaram | Lawyer surprisingly vacated top office (8) | 30 | 18 | Lawyer=def, surprisingly=anagram indicator, vacated*+o*(-ffice) (top office= first letter of ‘office’) |
- "top office" does not work, because it does not suggest top of office |
| 4 | Ananth Srinivasan | Redesign old vacated lobby (8) | 29 | 17 | Def: Lobby (O(old)+vacated)* | |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Battling Covid, Australia had deported one champion (8) | 28 | 13 | Def: Champion, {A (Australia) D(-I)VOC}*+ ATE (had) |
- The deletion of "one" needs to have happened before "had" |
| 6 | Textrous | Vacationed playfully, skipping in lobby (8) | 23 | 12 | Def: LOBBY (verb); VACATIONED* minus IN |
- Nice surface |
| 7 | Avtaar | Lobby in old vacated building (8) | 22 | 15 | (O+VACATED)*. Def: LOBBY | |
| 8 | Manish Jhaveri | "Do vacate building!" - Agent [8] | 20 | 13 | anagram of |
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| 9 | Satyen Nabar | Kitten captivated by a dove flying in lobby (8) | 20 | 12 | CAT in (A DOVE)*; flying= anag ind, defn= lobby (verb) |
- Great misleading definition and a lovely surface |
| 10 | Kate Hawkins | Absolute beginner caved to dancing champion | 16 | 9 | A + CAVED TO (anag) |
- Nice surface |
| 11 | Date changed to accommodate most outspoken champion (8) | 15 | 9 | VOCA(L)=outspoken in DATE* Def: Champion |
- Needed to have been "mostly outspoken" or "most of outspoken" |
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| 12 | Lawyer’s notice to auditor involved in election(8) | 14 | 9 | Defn is lawyer, notice is ad, auditor is ca, ca in vote(election) | ||
| 13 | Support accountant in election following advertisement (8) | 13 | 9 | Def - Support, AD VO(CA)TE | ||
| 14 | Criminal evaded a court? Could be, rued this lawyer (8) | 13 | 7 | Comp. anagram evadedacourt = ruedADVOCATE | ||
| 15 | Propose a meeting to gather client feedback (8) | 12 | 5 | Defn: Propose. A DATE (meeting) to gather VOC (client feedback i.e. Voice of Customer Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_customer) | ||
| 16 | Commercial voiceover with actor Blanchett as spokesperson (8) | 11 | 5 | commercial = AD; voiceover = VO; actor Blanchett = CATE; spokesperson = def. [Blanchett is on record as preferring the gender-neutral 'actor' over gendered 'actress'.] |
- Lovely! |
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| 17 | Promoter feasted after victory in backing Oscar-winning film (8) | 8 | 6 | AD(V)OC+ATE (def: "Promoter") = ATE ("feasted") after V ("victory") in ADOC (backing CODA, 2022 Best Picture winner) | ||
| 18 | Announcement about to split franchise support (8) | 7 | 4 | AD (Announcement) VO(CA)TE (CA, circa or about splits VOTE, franchise); Definition: support | ||
| 19 | Campaign for vacated building to house pot centre! (8) | 6 | 6 | Campaign for (def) vacated (anagram fodder) building (anagrind) to house (container ind) pot centre (middle letter of pot = o) | ||
| 20 | (Down clue) Dave drunkenly devours thrown up taco with Patrón (8) | 6 | 4 | ADVE (Dave drunkenly) devours OCAT (thrown up (reversed) taco) to give ADV(OCAT)E (patron) | ||
| 21 | Design this champion drew to get coveted award (8) | 6 | 4 | This champion: Definition; Design: Anagrind; {Advocate + drew}* = Coveted Award; Composite anagram type of clue |
- Nice surface and construction for this type of clue |
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| 22 | Recommend diet of avocado (exotic food, I polished off) - (8) | 6 | 4 | Recommend (Def), Anagram (diet of avocado - food I), Anagrind(Exotic), Deletion indicator (polished off) |
- When two or more letters have to be removed, they need to appear in the same order in the deletion fodder. If they do not appear in the same order, then a secondary anagram indicator (for the letters being deleted) needs to be included to indicate this. |
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| 23 | Champion Bill to quash Omicron for end of Corona | 6 | 2 | def: Champion ; bill AD to quash VaCATE; Omicron O variant (+o) for end of Corona (-a) - AD V(-a)(+O)CATE | ||
| 24 | Caveat: do mischief to become champion (8) | 4 | 3 | Caveat do mischief (advocate anagram “caveat do”) to become (will yield) champion (synonym of advocate) | ||
| 25 | Caution !! A mutant dove devours cat. | 4 | 2 | Def - Caution. A + mutant dove (dvoe) + devours cat (dvo(cat)e) = advocate |
- caution? |
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| 26 | Bill about to check ballot for lawyer (8) | 4 | 2 | Bill- AD, about-CA , ballot-VOTE, CA to check VOTE ( VO CA TE ) , DEF- Lawyer | ||
| 27 | Backdate counterfeit checks: one third voided, one third cashed | 4 | 2 | def=Back DATE* (anagrind=counterfeit) containing (checks) VO (one third voided) + CA (one third cashed). | ||
| 28 | Scoffed after very boring end to song about champion | 3 | 3 | ATE (scoffed) after V (very) inside [boring] CODA (end to song) <- [about] = Champion |
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| 29 | Recommend to take pitted avocados, remove outermost three layers, and mix | 3 | 3 | Anagram of (pit)TEDAVOCA(dos) | ||
| 30 | Champion District Attorney backs accountant detained by Judge (8) | 3 | 3 | Champion = Def , DA, Judge = vote around CA (accountant) | ||
| 31 | Champion commercial with actress Blanchett contains voiceover (8) | 3 | 2 | AD (commercial) CATE (actress Blanchett) containing VO (voiceover) | ||
| 32 | Commercial accountant in ballot counsel. | 3 | 2 | AD VO(CA) TE....COUNSEL as defn. | ||
| 33 | Call show of hands about internal support | 3 | 2 | AD (call) VOTE (show of hands) CA (about) internal. Def: support | ||
| 34 | DA raising we hear! Heads of offices confirm about taking efforts to recommend.(8) | 3 | 1 | DA raised -AD , 'we' hear- V, heads of Offices confirm about taking efforts - OCATE , to recommend (defn) ADVOCATE | ||
| 35 | Pitted, mashed up avocado put in front of actress Blanchett for support. (7) | 2 | 1 | Pitted = indicates removal of centre of word AVOCADO - OCA = AVDO. mashed up = Anagram indicator, ADVO put in front of CATE. Definition = support. | ||
| 36 | The devil's supports this caveat: do harm! (8) | 2 | 1 | The whole thing's the definition (as in "the devil's advocate"); "harm" is the indicator of an anagram of "caveat do." |
- definition not clear - The clue is grammatically incorrect - Vague definition |
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| 37 | Call for a dove (with insides churning) to embrace its predator | 2 | 1 | def=call for. CAT inside A D(OV<)E | ||
| 38 | Support a meeting accommodating leaders of Voice of Commons (8) | 2 | 1 | Defn: Support; A meeting=A date; Leaders of Voice of Commons=VOC; Accommodating=Container indicator | ||
| 39 | Lawyer: Tortilla dish from the East referenced in Rig(ged?) Veda (8) | 1 | 1 | Def: Lawyer; TACO< in VEDA* Clue is like something lawyer Sai Deepak might say #itallbeganinIndia | ||
| 40 | Lawyer had pursued a medical centre wanting Covid resurgence (8) | 1 | 1 | Lawyer = def, had = ATE, pursued = coming after, a = A, ‘medical centre wanting’ Covid = Covid minus I, resurgence = reversal indicator. {A}{DiVOC}{ATE} | ||
| 41 | Campaign for accountant in election, with flyer in the beginning (8) | 1 | 1 | Def: campaign for; accountant:CA, election: vote, flyer: ad, in the beginning: position indicator; AD VO(CA)TE | ||
| 42 | Recommend publicity with empty area replaced by love(8) | 1 | 1 | def: recommend, publicity = ad, empty=vacate. a replaced by o. ad+(vacate-a+o) | ||
| 43 | Promotional speaker speaks for you | 0 | Promotional - advertisement - ad; speak - vocate. Speaker for you - advocate |
- Vocate has the same root has Advocate. You must not clue a word with a word of the same etymology in the charade. |
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| 44 | Sadly love vacated champion {8} | 0 | Sadly : anagram indicator, love=O vacated : fodder, champion :Definition | |||
| 45 | Commend a unique pigeon eating the cat (8) | 0 | Def on Left = Commend; Clue on right = A + unique pigeon (DVOE) + CAT inside |
- indirect anagram - Indirect Anagrams are not kosher |