| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Madhusudan H | Leaders of Congress hallucinate about Rahul inheriting Sonia's money and appeal (8) | 42 | 20 | Acrostic indicator - Leaders; Defn - Appeal |
- Love the contact😂 |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Christmas holds a timeless, endless charm (8) | 38 | 19 | CH(A)RIStMAs - container for A ("holds a"), deletions of T ("timeless") and last letter S ("endless"), definition is "charm" | |
| 3 | Ananth Srinivasan | Pull Ma's chair out (8) | 28 | 1 | (Maschair)* Def: Pull | |
| 4 | N Anantakrishnan | Appeal of tea seller (finally) is beginning to melt away | 27 | 1 | Def - appeal. CHA (selle) R IS M(elt) A(way) |
- Should be "beginnings" for cryptic grammar to be correct - Simple but effective |
| 5 | Nicholas Loader | Appeal of racism has developed destroying society [8] | 25 | 1 | Appeal |
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| 6 | Veera Raghavan | Accountant nursing injury is involved in appeal (8) | 21 | 12 | Anno: C[HAR(IS)M]A Def: Appeal | |
| 7 | Avtaar | Maricha’s magical allure (8) | 21 | 12 | Anagram (magical) of MARICHAS*. Def: Allure. Maricha the demon in Ramayana who posed as the golden deer to lure Sita | |
| 8 | Nate Cardin | Charm is a strangely attractive quality (8) | 18 | 11 | (Charm is a) anagrammed (strangely) = CHARISMA (attractive quality) |
- Best of the “Charm is a” clues |
| 9 | Textrous | One's penetrating allure and grace, essentially (8) | 18 | 9 | &Lit; One's=IS, penetrating=entering (containment indicator), allure=CHARM, grAce essentially=A=> CHAR(IS)M+A |
- Not &lit, "One''s" makes it a nounal phrase |
| 10 | Suyash Roongta | Cleaning lady aims to evolve personality (8) | 16 | 9 | CHAR (cleaning lady) + ISMA (aims to evolve). Def - Personality. | |
| 11 | Amrita Majumdar | It is a March madness (8) | 16 | 7 | IT= def, (is a March)* |
- How''s It = Charisma? |
| 12 | Pharmacist not taking sides failed to show strength of character | 15 | 9 | Anagram of (PHARMACIST minus PT); 'Not taking sides' is Deletion indicator for 1st & last letters of 'Pharmacist'; 'Failed': Anagrind; Def: Strength of character | ||
| 13 | #Indiaalert Maricha's mystical attraction (8) | 15 | 1 | Maricha's* mystical as anagrind attraction is def |
- Is the hashtag meant to be part of the clue? |
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| 14 | Charm is perhaps a trait that film stars possess (8) | 14 | 10 | (CHARM IS)* + A; defn= trait that film stars possess |
- Nice surface |
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| 15 | Yesteryear actress Kapoor reportedly had it (8) | 14 | 8 | Homophone of Karisma, &lit defn for Charisma |
- “Yesteryear”?! |
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| 16 | Plastic armchairs without Royal dazzle | 13 | 7 | **armchairs- R, plastic is anagrind, Definition: dazzle | ||
| 17 | Star-quality cleaning lady has children (8) | 13 | 6 | [Star quality] {cleaning lady: CHAR} {has children: IS MA} CHAR+IS+MA charade | ||
| 18 | What's attractive about novelist Kunzru's mother? | 12 | 7 | def="What's attractive"; about=C; novelist Kunzru's=HARI'S; mother=MA | ||
| 19 | Attraction of climbing in Jammu ski area which defeated all odds [8] | 12 | 7 | Down clue. Climbing is reversal indicator. Defeated all odds = odd letters deleted, Fodder: Jammu ski area, Hence: jAmMu SkI aReA wHiCh<<. Definition: Attraction |
- Wow |
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| 20 | Daily, a man is exercising to get attractive personality (8) | 10 | 7 | CHAR (Daily) + (A M IS)*, exercising = anagrind, def = attractive personality | ||
| 21 | Personality of Sam , a rich engineer(8) | 10 | 6 | (Samarich)* defn personality |
- "Engineer" as an anagrind should come before the fodder IMO - Engineer is an imperative verb that has to come ahead of the fodder |
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| 22 | How to win friends and influence people? Mimic Hari’s manner extensively ( 8 ) | 9 | 6 | Telescopic + Cryptic Definition on the left |
- "essentially" works better as tele-ind |
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| 23 | Perhaps charm is one attractive feature [8] | 8 | 5 | charmis* = charism + one = a. Def = attractive feature | ||
| 24 | Endless timeless festival honoring a personality (8) | 7 | 5 | endless (-s) timeless (-t) festival CHRIS(-t)MA(-s) honoring (insert) A - CH[A]RISMA - def: personality | ||
| 25 | Fantastic novel archaism | 7 | 4 | Fantastic - definition, novel - anagrind, archaism* |
- Fantastic is adjective. Charisma is a noun. Does it work ? - I don’t think fantastic works as a definition for charisma - Isn''t fantastic = charismatic? - Not sure about Fantastic as definition - maybe for Charismatic, but for Charisma? |
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| 26 | One's drawing ability demonstrated in mass gathering! (8) | 6 | 4 | Cryptic definition. drawing ability = power to attract. mass gathering=pulling public following. Mislead : drawing ability as in sketching skill shown in a public exhibit. | ||
| 27 | Leading conjuror Mishra casts a spell(8) | 5 | 4 | Spell is defn, c(Conjuror)+harism (fodder = Mishra)+a |
- "cast" is better than "casts" |
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| 28 | Fancy air cam captures southern heroine's original glamour. (8) | 5 | 2 | Def - glamour, fancy - anagrind , aircam + S for Southern + H (Heroine's original (first letter indicator)) | ||
| 29 | Is old lady following daily appeal?(8) | 4 | 3 | Definition: Appeal; Daily=Char; Old lady=Ma; Anno: (Char)(is)(ma) |
- S |
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| 30 | Bewitching personality is a charm perhaps (8) | 4 | 2 | Def - bewitching personality, is a charm* | ||
| 31 | It rearranged chairs, mum | 3 | 2 | Definition: it. Anagram of CHAIRS + MA (mum) |
- It = sex appeal, not a proper def imo |
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| 32 | Appeal charge to mage? (8) | 2 | 3 | Rebus: CHAR IS MA |
- ? - Nice device, well worked |
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| 33 | Accountant breaks his arm internally, giving sharp pull (8) | 2 | 2 | Accountant = CA, breaks = anagrind, his arm = anagram fodder, internally = containment indicator, giving = connector, sharp pull = def (as in, allure) | ||
| 34 | Call to assemble Hari's Mac | 2 | 2 | Definition: Call, anagrind: assemble, fodder: Hari's Mac | ||
| 35 | Allure of tea, westward knight and master(7) | 2 | 2 | def:allure ; wp: tea: cha, ris: <- sir, master: ma. (cha+ris+ma) | ||
| 36 | Perhaps, charm is a magic (8) | 2 | 2 | Perhaps - Anagrind; Charm is a - Fodder; Magic - Definition | ||
| 37 | Ric has failed post graduation in magnetism (8) | 1 | 1 | (RICHAS)* MA (post graduation), Definition: magnetism | ||
| 38 | March is a mysterious magic {8} | 0 | March is a : fodder, Mysterious : Anagrind, Magic : Definition |