| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Textrous | Red alerts reissued to contain the onset of Covid-19 (7) | 34 | 19 | Def=Red, alerts reissued=SARLET*, contain=containment indicator, the onset of Covid-19=C |
- is ''reissued'' a valid anagram indicator? |
| 2 | Yossi Fendel | Will the English outlaw organized cartels? (7) | 27 | 11 | Anagram of CARTELS. Will Scarlet is an outlaw of English folklore. |
- Excellent misdirection in the surface! - I like this surface''s use of both "Will" and "outlaw." |
| 3 | N Anantakrishnan | Red Alert! Leaders of Sena/ Congress rattled. | 23 | 13 | Def : Red. (Alert S C)* | |
| 4 | @qpheevr | Sommelier initially mixed up claret and another type of red (7) | 22 | 12 | S(ommelier) initially = S; mixed up= anagrind; CLARET = anagram fodder; another type of red = def. | |
| 5 | Suyash Roongta | Hot climax leaves Black Widow actress flushed (7) | 20 | 11 | T (climax/end of hot) leaves Scarlett (Black Widow actress). Def - flushed. (Surface is a nod to TMZ magazine's racy headlines) |
- Brilliant surface :) And loved the use of climax as last letter indicator. A quibble: Since scarlett has two ''t''s, you need to somehow indicate the removal of only one ''t''. |
| 6 | Ganesh Raman | Red alert ordered after first signs of sectarian clashes | 20 | 10 | Def: Red; Anagram of ALERT (ORDERED as Anagrind) after SC (first letters of SECTARIAN CLASHES) |
- I think this is the best of the many ‘red alert’ clues |
| 7 | Samit kallianpur | Ultimately, grapes make claret red! (7) | 17 | 11 | S + Claret*. Ultimately grapes = S. Make = anagrind. Claret = anagram fodder (also a red wine). Def = Red. |
- I like the effort, but "make" doesn''t feel right as an anagrind. "Make into" or "remake" perhaps? |
| 8 | @LowdownCryptic | Reddish, smallish blemish? (7) | 14 | 7 | Cryptic DD. Scarlet = reddish; scar = blemish, so a smallish blemish could be a "scarlet" (like piglet, booklet, etc.) |
- LOL very cheeky - Sounds good. |
| 9 | BINAY KUMAR PATRA | Red coral set manufactured without oxidation | 12 | 8 | *coralset - o, manufactured = anagrind, Definition:Red | |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Red alert ordered by supreme court (7) | 11 | 7 | Definition: Red; Anno: (SC)(ALERT*); Anagrind: Ordered | |
| 11 | Rose, extremely late gets into small wagon (7) | 10 | 7 | Rose- def , extremely late= LE inside S (small) CART (wagon) | ||
| 12 | Red alert - agitation succeeds, scream Congress leaders (7) | 10 | 6 | (ALERT)* after (succeeds) S (Scream) C (Congress); Definition: Red | ||
| 13 | Red clarets? Fantastic ! (7) | 9 | 7 | Red - Definition, Clarets - Anagram fodder, Fantastic - Anagrind indicator |
- I''m not big into wine but I believe all clarets are red. |
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| 14 | Small automobile given for rent is red (7) | 9 | 7 | S CAR LET def: red | ||
| 15 | Unorthodox cathedrals had no cardinal (7) | 9 | 6 | (CATHEDRALS-HAD)* Definition: cardinal (synonym of scarlet) |
- "had no" isn''t the same as "no had" or "not had" - is this an agreed method of deletion? - Nice surface But is ''had no'' meant to indicate subtract ''had'' from the fodder? Doesn''t read cryptically right. |
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| 16 | Sure, primarily claret in other words is red (7) | 8 | 5 | Anno: SCLARET*. Def: Red. ‘In other words’ is anagrind (Crosswordunclued) Claret is red wine, referred to as Red. | ||
| 17 | Red Tesla car without a dent (7) | 7 | 5 | Defn - Red : Tesla car without(removal indicator) 'a' => TESLACAR-(A) : dent - anagrind -> Scarlet |
- Dent (as an imperative verb) must precede the fodder to work as an anagrind - i wouldn''t think ''dent'' is a anagram indicator. - Nice surface but dent is depression or cavity. Doesn''t create a sense of anagrind (jumbling). |
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| 18 | Dressed in brilliant red is timeless black widow, perhaps. | 7 | 4 | Def:dressed in bright red (scarlet:adj). Scarlett (black widow, Avenger series) -t |
- A quibble. Since Scarlett has 2 ''t''s, timeless doesn''t clearly indicate only one of them is removed. ''a timeless'' can be an option. - Wouldn''t timeless make it Scarle? |
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| 19 | Did his car let blood inside? | 6 | 3 | did hiS CAR LET "blood" (inside). Scarlett synonym blood. Inside shows runner. |
- The containment fodder needs to be closed at both ends. Here, it''s open in LET. - The definition isn''t at one end of the clue. |
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| 20 | Cardinal ordered clarets | 5 | 5 | clarets* (ordered as anagrind) Def - Cardinal | ||
| 21 | Shinde, extremely tense about vehicle with MLA in the middle, becomes red (7) | 5 | 4 | Def: Red, SE + T around CAR + mLa, Surface ref to the political crisis in Maharashtra | ||
| 22 | Red alert ordered after initiation of scheme by leader in Centre (7) | 5 | 3 | ALERT* after S(-cheme) + C(-entre); ordered= anag ind, 'initiation of' and 'leader in'= 1st letter selection inds, topical ref to Agnipath scheme |
- of all the ''red alert'' clues here, this is the best. |
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| 23 | Shameful letter penned on NASCAR letterhead (7) | 4 | 3 | Telescopic: naSCAR LETterhead; definition: Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" |
- "penned on" doesn''t suggest containment. "penned by" does. |
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| 24 | Red Scare ensnared 50 by end of August (7) | 3 | 3 | Def: “red” Wordplay: SCAR(L)E + [augus]T | ||
| 25 | Red Tesla crashed with empty car (7) | 3 | 3 | (TESLA C(-A)R)* Anagrind: Crashed. Def: Red | ||
| 26 | This was put in the letter Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in 1850 | 3 | 3 | Scarlet is the missing word in the title of the author’s book 'The SCARLET letter' |
- Nice reference but not really a cryptic clue - Straight clue - I missed the cryptic part of - This is more like a straight clue |
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| 27 | Red coloured vehicle with the.French was part of scenery | 3 | 3 | redcoloured.is defn...S(car le)et |
- ''the french'' doesn''t fit very well into the surface. - the surface is not very appealing |
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| 28 | Bright glow arcs let off (7) | 3 | 3 | Anagram of (arcs let)*; off=anagrind; Def: Bright glow |
- "let" appears in the same order in the word to be clued |
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| 29 | Red alert issued after leading stocks crashed(7) | 3 | 2 | Defn is red, alert is fodder, S(stocks) C(crashed) ALERT* |
- "issued" doesn''t suggest rearrangement. Leading xyz doesn''t lead to x. - Great surface. Is ''issued'' accepted as an anagram indicator? - Nice surface and beautifully seamless transition between def and wordplay. But, ''leading'' to indicate the first letters of Stocks Crashed doesn''t read right. - Not clear how issued can be an anagram indicator? |
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| 30 | Red alert: Disaster after initial stormy clouds | 3 | 2 | Red: Definition; Disaster: Anagrind; initisl stormy clouds: S, C. Anagram of 'alert' after SC: Scarlet | ||
| 31 | Cherry desperately races around Libyan capital to reach on time (7) | 2 | 2 | Cherry def/ races*/ desperately anagrind/ around container IND/ Libyan capital is L/ to reach on connector/ time is T |
- who / what is ''cherry''? |
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| 32 | Clarets modified to red | 2 | 1 | def: red ; wp = (clarets)* | ||
| 33 | Hired after spiltt cars turns red (7) | 1 | 1 | Scar (cars arranged) let (hired) red=scarlet |
- I don’t get what the surface reading is supposed to be - The surface is grammatically incorrect |
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| 34 | Cliff obstructed old Will? | 0 | SCAR (cliff) LET (obstructed old - archaic usage in Chambers). Def Will ? DBE Will Scarlet one of Robin Hood's merrie men. |
- Feels like way too much is going on here; who are Cliff and Will to this surface? Why use an archaic word? |