| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Manish Jhaveri | Pampered Indian leader engineered Achche Din perhaps (4, 5) | 35 | 16 | pamperedi* def = Achche Din perhaps |
- Don''t see how the definition really fits (though I get the intent) - Political def and not necessarily correct |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Ripped male models firing lady's fantasy (4,5) | 31 | 17 | (RIPPED MALE)* - L; models= anagram ind, firing= deletion ind, Lady= L, defn= fantasy | |
| 3 | Avtaar | Fancy idea tweeted by some papers (4,5) | 29 | 14 | PIPED (tweeted - verb - Chambers)+ REAM (some papers). Def: Fancy idea |
- Nice and clean - Papers can''t tweet? |
| 4 | Ganesh Raman | Media rep paid to start spreading false hope (4-5) | 27 | 16 | Anagram of “MEDIA REP P”, Anagrind: “Spreading”, Def: “False hope” |
- paid to start is not quite the same as start to paid |
| 5 | Mona Sogal | Plumber's fantasy? (4,5) | 24 | 13 | CD |
- I don''t get it |
| 6 | Veera Raghavan | Somehow appeared I’m not having a fantasy (4,5) | 23 | 14 | (APPEARED IM-A)* Def: Fantasy | |
| 7 | @qpheevr | Wearing personal protective equipment, I am red, dishevelled, an unlikely vision (4, 5) | 17 | 12 | wearing personal protective equipment, I = P(I)PE; am red = fodder for DREAM; dishevelled = anagrind; an unlikely vision = def. |
- These days, perhaps a more likely than unlikely vision, but that''s some clever wordplay. - Wordplay elements work fine, but for the surface ''spectacle'' suits better than vision which connotes an angelic appearance generally |
| 8 | Ramki Krishnan | Perhaps people admire this castle in Spain with "Ole!" (4,5) | 17 | 9 | Composite anagram, def = this castle in Spain, (PEOPLE ADMIRE)* = (PIPE DREAM + OLE) |
- Def in middle? |
| 9 | Veena Venkataraman | Prep media to build castles in the air (4,5) | 16 | 10 | Fodder: Prep Media, Anagrind: build; Definition: Castles in the air |
- def denotes plural, term to be clued is singular |
| 10 | @LowdownCryptic | I know it won't happen, but imagine if writing this novel prepaid me! (4,5) | 15 | 7 | Def: I know it won't happen, but imagine; Fodder: prepaid me; Anagrind: if writing this (the fodder) novel (new) |
- Great indicators, making the most of wordiness in the service of a witty surface. - Lot of extra words? ‘I know’, ‘writing this/ novel’ - POS for def not ok |
| 11 | Impossible thing said about a man | 14 | 10 | PIPED (said) RE (about) A M (man), definition - impossible thing | ||
| 12 | Wishful thinking from me - ride app redesigned (4,5) | 14 | 9 | {MERIDEAPP}*. Def - wishful thinking. | ||
| 13 | Leaking runs, MI prepared to shatter illusion (4, 5) | 12 | 7 | {MIPREPARED - R = runs}*, to shatter = anagrind, IPL reference | ||
| 14 | Irrational exercise fans made about Royals initially in fantasy! (4,5) | 12 | 6 | PI (Irrational) + PE (Exercise) + D(R)EAM*. Fans - Anagrind, Fantasy - Def. |
- for the anagramming to work properly it should be ''made fans'' not ''fans made'' - Nice choice of anagram indicator! - Very nice pairing of "irrational" and "fantasy." |
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| 15 | Uncharacteristically, I pampered unreal hope (4,5) | 12 | 6 | Uncharacteristically (anagrind), I+pampered* def: unreal hope |
- Pampering something abstract isn''t too convincing |
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| 16 | Pied Piper made pie in the sky (4,5) | 11 | 9 | PIPERMADE* = PIPE DREAM |
- Good use of ''pied'' as anagrind, but ''piper'' as a string appears more or less as is - Great rhythm to this surface, and that''s a good split of Pied/"Piper made." - Pied is an anagrind? |
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| 17 | Fantastic pie made with a bit of Rhubarb and Pomegranate in castle in Spain (4,5) | 11 | 6 | Def - Castle in Spain, (piemade+r+p)* |
- ok but don''t see the need for capitalisation of the ingredients |
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| 18 | Maybe i pampered a fantasy... (4,5) | 11 | 6 | (I pampered)* |
- can you pamper something abstract? |
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| 19 | Fancy mixed media paper is not top-grade (4,5) | 10 | 5 | Fancy - def, media paper * - A (top-grade) |
- the ''is'' spoils it and doesn''t convey the deletion properly |
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| 20 | Twitter ends in dealmaker Elon Musk acquiring a fool's paradise (4,5) | 9 | 6 | Twitter=PIPE (verb, ref: Chambers), ends in dealmaker=DR, Elon Musk=EM, a=A; Def: fool's paradise |
- How is Elon Musk = EM? - I love the use of Twitter and "ends in dealmaker" part, but not sure about Elon Musk being EM; if this were "Elon Musk starts acquiring" that''d be bang-on. - Topical! - why is Elon Musk = EM? can''t be using ends in different ways for different words - Why is Elon Musk EM |
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| 21 | Vain hope of getting intellectual property to editor before morning comes round | 8 | 6 | I.P.+ED. containted in PRE A.M.; def=vain hope |
- Nice surface! |
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| 22 | Tweet by journalist about early signs of Mariupol retreat gives false hope (4,5) | 8 | 4 | PIP+ED+RE+(MA)<- Def: False Hope PIP=Tweet, ED = Journalist, RE = About MAriupol early signs of = first two letters, retreat = reversal indicator |
- early signs for picking 2 letters not ok imo, why not 3 for eg. Couple of early signs would be fine. Should be in retreat or retreating for the reversal to work well |
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| 23 | Illusion mischievously appeared dim without starters (4,5) | 7 | 6 | def: illusion, anagrind mischievously, wp: (ppeared+im)* removing starters from appeared & dim | ||
| 24 | Great Expectations character: batty, heartless, reclusive dame with delusion | 6 | 4 | def=delusion. Great Expectations character=PIP batty=anagrind, heartless reclusive=RE PIP+(RE+DAME)* |
- Nice construction of surface to point to Estella from the book :) - Wordplay ''with'' Defn is avoidable. - wp with def not ok |
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| 25 | Butt tickler introducing initiation to erotic fantasy (4,5) | 6 | 3 | PIPE(butt, ie cask) DRAM(tickler) outside E(initiation to erotic); def = fantasy |
- Some tough definitions give this a great, naughty surface flavor. |
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| 26 | Mumbai Indians topped? Are you finished hallucinating? Out goes a fantasy ! (4,5) | 6 | 3 | Anagram of (MI + TOPPED + ARE + U) - OUT, Anagrind (Hallucinating), Fantasy (Defn) |
- You finished for U doesn''t work |
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| 27 | Strangely, I remapped castle in the air | 5 | 4 | strangely - Anagrind; ‘I remapped’ - fodder; castle in the air : defn | ||
| 28 | Hallucination starts plummeting into paranoid, drug-induced delusion (4,5) | 5 | 4 | Def: "Hallucination", Acrostic indicator: "starts" (PIP), Insertion indicator: "induced", drug: (E), delusion: (DREAM) |
- root issue |
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| 29 | Desperately admire Pep. But Manchester City winning the Champion's League? - Maybe. | 4 | 4 | (Admire Pep)* Manchester City winning the Champion's League maybe - definition by example. |
- ''maybe'' isn''t required when you have a ? to indicate dbe |
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| 30 | Hot, I'm dapper- ultimately prone to fantasy (4,5) | 4 | 4 | Hot is anagrind to fodder I'M DAPPER E | ||
| 31 | Building a empire with five hundred pence is an illusion | 4 | 3 | Anagram of A + EMPIRE + D (500) + P (pence) |
- needs to be ''an empire'' - Should be "an empire" grammatically - Should be ''an'' empire, not ''a'' empire. |
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| 32 | Deconstructively I remapped "The Treachery of Images", in a way? | 4 | 1 | anagram of IREMAPPED. "The Treachery of Images" is Magritte's image of a pipe with a message that it is not a pipe, which is a "pipe dream" in a way. |
- Great definition! |
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| 33 | Main desire is unlikely to be fulfilled (4,5) | 3 | 2 | main = pipe (Collins), desire = dream (Collins), def on right |
- Root issue with ''desire'' - Same root I think |
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| 34 | Shiahs, not Padishah's empire built a castle in Spain(4,5) | 2 | 2 | Defn: Castle in Spain; Clue type: Anagram: Anagrind: built; Anagram Fodder: Padishah's+empire-Shiahs; Deletion indicator: Not. |
- the deletion is wrongly signalled |
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| 35 | Romance amid pepper mills lacks passion | 2 | 2 | Romance - def(Chambers) , mills - anagrind(Amid pepper ) lacking P(passion). |
- pepper mills and romance?? why is passion = P? |
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| 36 | Sheer fantasy? Play discreetly at first about a maiden (4,5) | 2 | 2 | PIPE (as in to play a tune) D (discreetly at first) RE (about) A M (maiden as in cricket abbreviation); Definition Sheer fantasy | ||
| 37 | Hamelin’s famous musician almost led to fantasize mirage(4,5) | 2 | 2 | DD; first defn is Piper-r+ dream( to fantasize), second defn is mirage |
- root issue with fantasize |
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| 38 | Initially, private equity made Rip inordinately realize fantasy (4,5) | 1 | 1 | Initially, private equity = pe | inordinately = anagrind | (pe, made, rip) = pipe dream | fantasy = definition |
- ''realize'' as connector doesn''t work |
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| 39 | Consequence of blowing smoke? | 1 | 1 | Cryptic/double def: “pipe dream” originally referred to hallucinations from smoking opium; it can also be the result of “blowing smoke,” an idiom meaning misleading or deceiving someone, perhaps into believing a pipe dream | ||
| 40 | Tweet never-ending French nonsense served up about a nonentity (4,5) | 0 | Anno: PIPE (tweet) + [MERD(-e)]<< containing A+ def (nonentity) | |||
| 41 | Darrow in the lead prime ape made a fantasy | 0 | (D prime ape)* | |||
| 42 | Dice feature craps, read 'em for false hope (4,5) | 0 | PIP+EDREAM*: a "pip" is a dice feature, "craps" is the anagram indicator for "read em," and "false hope" is the definition |
- anagrind doesn''t work; also craps can feature dice but not the other way round imo |
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| 43 | Conduct illusion far from reality (4,5) | 0 | Conduct : Pipe, illusion : dream, definition : far from reality |
- Dream in both def and wp is the same, which makes it a bit less cryptic. - root issue - Root issue? Not sure |