| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Neerja for one is a hero, shot protecting travellers primarily with extreme selflessness (3,7) | 39 | 17 | (IS A HERO)* around T(-ravellers) + S(-elflessnes)S, defn= Neerja for one (ref :1986 Pan Am hijacking) |
- Best of the Neerja clues IMO - Excellent surface! - Thank you for teaching me about Neerja Bhanot; solid surface to honor her as well. |
| 2 | VENKATESAN P | Attendant sets hair so stylishly! (3,7) | 32 | 18 | Defn: Attendant; Anagram fodder “sets hair so”; Anagrind: stylishly |
- Would this be extended def with the inclusion of "who"? |
| 3 | Ganesh Raman | She is a sort groomed to serve in high places? | 27 | 17 | Semi &-lit clue; Anagram of 'SHE IS A SORT' with 'GROOMED' as Anagrind; the whole clue is (a slightly cryptic) definition |
- Groomed has taken on a negative definition that taints the surface, but I like the idea! - I think this works well because "serve in high places" is also a valid definition on its own, since "to air hostess" can be a verb |
| 4 | Nate Cardin | Flight attendant and doctor assist hero (3,7) | 22 | 15 | AIR HOSTESS (Flight attendant) = anagram (doctor) “assist hero” |
- Def and WP doesnt work, WP and Def does - Great clue! Nice and simple! - Nice use of "doctor" |
| 5 | Suyash Roongta | Attendant on craft has stories at sea (3,7) | 19 | 13 | {HASSTORIES}*. Anagram indicator - at sea. Def - attendant on craft. | |
| 6 | Mona Sogal | Tosses hair around, she is flighty! (3,7) | 19 | 10 | Tosseshair* |
- "Flighty" is great. - I think you would need some other item of punctuation such as a semi-colon or hyphen or the dreaded elipsis. |
| 7 | amrita majumdar | Harry has stories about a highflier? (3,7) | 18 | 11 | Has stories* |
- "about" is not a good choice of connector between wp and def - Good surface. I understand that wp about def doesn''t fit with convention. - I like the use of "harry" (the verb) as an indicator here. - What is the role of Harry? |
| 8 | @qpheevr | Those saris are fashionable for a high-flying professional woman (3, 7) | 17 | 10 | (THOSE SARIS)*; are fashionable for = anagrind; a high-flying professional woman = def. |
- Not convinced about fashionable as an anagrind. Perhaps fashioned? |
| 9 | Ramki Krishnan | She's first to serve those in flight, wearing sari perhaps (3,7) | 16 | 10 | (S + THOSE)* inside SARI*, def = she with whole clue being extended def of air hostess |
- Not sure what "serve" is doing here. - To serve separating anagram fodder is iffy |
| 10 | Gayathri Viswanath | Perhaps assist hero like Neerja Bhanot (3,7) | 15 | 10 | Def - Like Neerja Bhanot, perhaps -anagrind , assist hero - fodder |
- Nice try! But Neerja didn''t assist heroes, she was a hero for assisting common people. - This is good, but hard not to compare this to the other two, more descriptive, Neerja clues. |
| 11 | High-flyer wearing those saris? (3,7) | 13 | 9 | Def High-flyer, Anagram of THOSE SARIS*. Wearing - Anagrind. | ||
| 12 | Flight attendant designed those saris (3,7) | 13 | 7 | Defn : Flight Attendant, Anagram of {THOSE SARIS} . Anagrind is "designed". | ||
| 13 | She is a sort of high flyer! (3,7) | 12 | 8 | &lit, (she is a sort)* |
- Anagrind missing? For high is not next to the fodder - Great idea. If ''high'' is the anagram indicator, the fodder would be sheisasortof* - I liked this; as usual in competition, though, too many similar entries diffuse my vote. - Not sure how flyer is contributing to WP. So, perhaps extended def rather than &lit? - Of becomes part of the fodder if high is the anagrind - This anagram has been used quite often I think. Also anagrind "High" is not adjacent to the fodder |
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| 14 | Provider of flying courses sits ashore for a change (3,7) | 11 | 7 | SITSASHORE* Def: Provider of flying courses i.e. someone who provides you meal courses while flying | ||
| 15 | She starts to serve some in-flight refreshments on aircraft's taking off | 10 | 5 | Starts to is first letter selection indicator. So ( she s s i r o a t)* Off is the anagrind. Extended definition if not &lit |
- The grammar and indirect anagram is a little strained to make this work as an &lit (it would be "aircraft, as it takes off"), but nice effort! |
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| 16 | She'll walk down the aisle with you and serve high tea. (3,7) | 8 | 4 | Double double meaning and lit. |
- I think it would have been better as ''She''ll walk down the aisle TO you'' because that''s still fits with the wedding theme but better describes what an air hostess would do. - Why ''with you''? |
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| 17 | She’s a riot, starting to serve busily in flight (3,7) | 7 | 4 | Anagram {SHESARIOT+S(erve)}*. Anagrind Busily Def: Whole clue - semi & lit |
- I don''t see this as semi &lit seeing as the idea of ''riot'' doesn''t naturally fit with the other ideas in the clue. |
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| 18 | In flight, she soars...it is as a help to others flying! | 7 | 4 | In flight = anagrind; (she soars it)*=fodder; is as = connector from wp to def; a help to others flying = def; extended def, with wp extending the def. metaphorically | ||
| 19 | She is sorta high flyer (10) | 6 | 5 | Semi &lit. She+is+sorta* with high as anagrind. Flyer is the straight def but the whole clue serves as an extended def. Sorta = sort of, can be found in most dictionaries incl Oxford. |
- Lovely idea. Omitting ''a'' from the surface to render the clue as a newspaper headline makes me feel that a newspaper headline wouldn''t use ''sorta''. |
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| 20 | Ghost essentially hides Lady MC (7) | 6 | 3 | Hidden gHOST ESSentially Lady MC : Hostess |
- Air: Gone With The Wind? - Contest is for AIR HOSTESS not HOSTESS - Lovely surface. Telescopics are much better across 3+ words. - Needs more air! |
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| 21 | Flight attendant dealt with rheostasis | 5 | 4 | Flight attendant - definition; dealt with - anagrind;. rheostasis* |
- Ll |
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| 22 | Cabin crew resist a hijack at the start so actively (3,7) | 5 | 4 | Anno: RESISTAHSO*. Actively is anagrind (Clue clinic). Def: Cabin crew (singular in cryptic and plural in literal reading) |
- The story in the surface is great. The placement of the adverb within the surface is not quite right. |
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| 23 | Member of crew's relaxed siesta interrupted by letters from Athens | 4 | 3 | RHOS (letters from Athens) inside *SIESTA (relaxed=anagrind). Def="Member of crew" |
- Great surface. |
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| 24 | Blonde who heads off difficulty right away is a woman who may bring a flight of drinks? (3,7) | 4 | 3 | [-f]AIR+[-w]HO+ST[-r]ESS: Take the "heads off" Blonde (fair) and who and take R out of STRESS ("difficulty," "right away") |
- Lovely wordplay. What is ''a flight of drinks''? |
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| 25 | Neerja Bhanot was one, perhaps hero that assisted, sadly death, basically took away (3,7) | 4 | 2 | Neerja Bhanot: Definition by example; perhaps, sadly: Anagram indicators, basically took: t; away: deletion indicator; {Hero that assisted}* - ({death}*, t) : Air hostess. Composite Anagram |
- The surface doesn''t work. |
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| 26 | Steward not down to earth (3,7) | 3 | 3 | Steward (Defn from Thesaurus.net), Cryptic Definition |
- I don''t fully grok cryptic definitions; "one who is not down to earth" works for me, but having steward there also seems redundant? |
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| 27 | Tangled hair on revolting toes seen on ship steward (3,7) | 3 | 3 | AIRH* + OSTE* + SS (ship) + def (steward) |
- "Steward" reads masculine ("stewardess") which makes this feel like a mismatch. |
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| 28 | Stewardess in this saree, cut at the end, so exotic (10) | 3 | 3 | This sare (-e) so * def: stewardess | ||
| 29 | Flying assister carrying chilled d’oeuvres, served as seconds (3, 7) | 2 | 2 | Flying = anagrind, ASSISTER*, carrying cHilled d’Oeuvres, served as seconds = second letters taken |
- Which part is the definition? Or is ''assister'' doing double duty? |
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| 30 | She colors hair, toes with extreme sassiness(10) | 2 | 2 | Defn = she, hair toes* + ss (from sassiness) |
- "She" is way too vague of a definition. - I always find the she / he / it / they / these etc definitions to be too vague unless the clue is &lit. - Not much of a definition |
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| 31 | She can flip set thosai mid air | 2 | 2 |
- 😂😂😂 - Annotation missing. (And "air" shouldn''t be used undisguised in the clue.) - Hilarious! - This clue has potential. The idea is good and the surface is getting there. The wordplay needs some work. - This does not work :( |
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| 32 | With new support staff when flying, craft achieves seaworthiness | 2 | 1 | Composite Anagram. (New + air hostess (support staff when flying))* = seaworthiness. Craft as anagrind. |
- Is ''when flying'' one of the anagram indicators? If so, shouldn''t it appear next to its fodder ''new''? |
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| 33 | As his store is sorted, found a steward! | 2 | 1 | Steward =def, sorted = anagram of *As his store* |
- I''m not sure "steward" works for "hostess." - The surface doesn''t really make sense. |
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| 34 | I share toss flying attendant(3,7) | 1 | 1 | def: flying attendant. Flying is also anagrind for " I share toss". |
- What does the surface mean? |
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| 35 | Stewardess’ manner with female emcee (3-7) | 1 | 1 | def:Stewardess’ manner AIR with female emcee HOSTESS |
- AIR for "manner" is cute, but "female emcee" for HOSTESS feels too similar. - HOSTESS has same meaning in wp and def, which makes it slightly weak as a cryptic |
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| 36 | Crew member on flight 1ACCWC379 wears three uniform layers, as is and re: incoming direction (3,7) | 0 | A(I(R(HOST)E)S)S - April competition word HOST (1ACCWC379) wears three equal-sized (uniform) layers of two-letter words: AS, IS and RE (incoming direction, i.e. from out to in); definition is "Crew member on flight" |
- Interesting construction. What does the surface mean? |