| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Suyash Roongta | Reckless management of deadlier variant, at first | 34 | 17 | Anagram of DEADLIER + V (variant at first). Anagram indicator - management of. Def - Reckless. Reference - Delta variant. |
- Excellent! - Timely, well done. |
| 2 | Ananth Srinivasan | Stuntman delivered a shot lacking in energy (9) | 28 | 16 | (DELIVEREDA-E)* Def: Stuntman Anagrind: Shot Deletion: lacking in Energy = E | |
| 3 | N Anantakrishnan | First signs of Dravid attacking. Short delivery. Clobbered. That's audacious! | 26 | 12 | D A (deliver)*-y. Clobbered - anagrind. Audacious - definition | |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Reckless lad grieved about losing girl (9) | 24 | 14 | (LAD GRIEVED)* - G; about= anag ind, losing= del ind, defn= reckless | |
| 5 | Ken Stern (@ckstern) | Stuntman tamed live adder (9) | 22 | 10 | Stuntman = Definition; tamed = anagram of LIVE ADDER |
- As opposed to what? Taming a dead adder...? :-) - Evocative. I don''t know that a stuntman would do this, but it''s a solid anagram/indicator. - I love the neat simplicity of this |
| 6 | @LowdownCryptic | Stunt pilot's flying formation contributed to deadlier accident (9) | 21 | 11 | Stunt pilot (def by example) is "V" (a common flying formation) contributed to DEADLIER* (anagrind: accident) |
- Great surface. This clue requires a DBEI. |
| 7 | Ganesh Raman | Showboat led a diver astray | 20 | 10 | Def: SHOWBOAT; Anagram fodder: LED A DIVER; Anagrind: ASTRAY | |
| 8 | Avtaar | Swashbuckling lawyer turned up last, drinking wine (9) | 16 | 11 | DA(lawyer)+LIVE(last)<<<(turned up) around (drinking) RED (wine) | |
| 9 | Dave Williams | Risk-taking duke survived a long time, on reflection | 15 | 9 | def=Risk-taking (so using the adj. sense of daredevil). duke=D; (survived=LIVED, a long time=ERA) on reflection=reveral indicator | |
| 10 | Sparsh Sinha | Terribly vile disease initially accompanied by a red ugly rash (9) | 14 | 9 | Defn - Rash (Chambers), terribly - anagrind , vile + ((d)isease initially) + (a red) - (ugly - anagrind )=> daredevil | |
| 11 | @qpheevr | Reckless lead diver gets the bends (9) | 14 | 7 | (LEAD DIVER)* with “gets the bends” as anagrind; reckless = daredevil (in the adjectival/attributive sense) |
- Wonderful anagrind/surface. |
| 12 | Adventurous boy returns carrying wild deer with traces of viral infection (9) | 13 | 7 | Definition= Adventurous; Boy=Lad; Returns=Reversal indicator; Carrying= Container indicator; Traces=Letter pick indicator; Deer=Anagram Fodder; Wild=Anagrind; Anno: (LAD<--) around (DEER*)(V)(I) |
- Great surface story. ''With'' isn''t a containment indicator; it''s a juxtaposition indictor. You could have used a different containment indicator for the boy carrying the deer and then used ''carrying'' as the containment indicator for VI. - This one''s doing a lot. |
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| 13 | Reckless character stealing Archie’s second date in Riverdale High (9) | 11 | 6 | RIVERDALE-D+R*. Reference to Riverdale High in Archie comics. High - Anag. indicator. Deletion of R (Archie’s second letter) plus insertion of D - Date |
- The way the clue is written, the anagram fodder seems to parse as RIVERDALE minus (R+D) to me |
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| 14 | Been upset about a sore rash (9) | 10 | 6 | D (A RED) EVIL; LIVED < (Been, Be as a synonym as in to remain alive; upset being the reversal indicator) about A RED (sore, as in bloodshot); Definition: Rash | ||
| 15 | Reckless person, without a hint of emotion delivered a bomb (9) | 10 | 5 | reckless person - def , (-e delivered + a )* |
- Great surface story. ''Bomb'' is one of those nounal anagram indicators that doesn''t quite work. - Should be “bombs” as it comes after the fodder |
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| 16 | Needing a quarter, cook delivered a hot dog (9) | 10 | 5 | {DELIVERED A}* - E (Quarter) :; Anagrind:cook :; Defn : Hot Dog |
- Good to see a different definition |
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| 17 | Marvel's Matt Murdock is oddly reviled while supporting District Attorney (9) | 9 | 6 | Matt Murdock, a lawyer, is the alter-ego of Marvel Comic's "Daredevil"; DA+REDEVIL* (*reviled) | ||
| 18 | He fearlessly fights spread of dread and wickedness (9) | 9 | 6 | Dared* (= spread of dread) + Evil (= wickedness). Def: He fearlessly fights | ||
| 19 | Challenged wicked superhero (9) | 7 | 4 | Challenged - Dared, wicked - evil, superhero (Defn) - Daredevil, one of the Marvel superheroes |
- I like the idea, but wouldn''t a wicked superhero be a supervillain? "Superhero challenged crime" works better. |
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| 20 | Dread for a reckless person? (9) | 7 | 3 | Reverse anagram DARED EVIL (evil as anagrind) gives DREAD |
- Nice RA. The surface would have been better with the omission of ''for''. |
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| 21 | Foolhardy to challenge Satan (9) | 6 | 3 | To challenge : Dare, Satan: Devil, Foolhardy: Daredevil |
- Would be better to not just define two words that combine to form a compound word answer (same roots/meanings) |
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| 22 | Might one end up dead with liver transplant? (9) | 6 | 2 | Dead doing double duty any part of the definition and part of the anagram fodder | ||
| 23 | Challenged corrupt stuntman? (9) | 5 | 5 | Meaning stuntman. Challenged=dared, Corrupt=evil. | ||
| 24 | Daughter dear, alarmed? Be revolutionary and bold! (9) | 5 | 4 | D ARED* EVIL<-. Alarmed is anagrind (Clue clinic). Def: bold | ||
| 25 | Virender Sehwag for one was bold and adventurous (9) | 5 | 3 | Def - Bold and adventurous,CD, Virender Sehwag for one wrt Delhi Daredevils | ||
| 26 | Been upset over an inflamed rash (9) | 5 | 3 | been upset - LIVED<< , over - containment indicator, D (A RED) EVIL ; Definition RASH (adj.) | ||
| 27 | Madcap read and lived wild (9) | 5 | 3 | Read ( past tense) + lived* wild - anagrind, madca - definition | ||
| 28 | Adventurous type of duke was active a long time in retirement | 4 | 3 | Def: adventurous type. D (duke) + reversal (in retirement) of LIVED (was active) + ERA (a long time) | ||
| 29 | Invited wrong superhero, perhaps. | 4 | 2 | DARED (invited) EVIL (wrong). Superhero, perhaps - Definition | ||
| 30 | Dread is dreaded sin for an adventurer (9) | 3 | 3 | DARED(=Dread*) + EVIL (=sin); dreaded=anagrind; adventurer=def; |
- The surface would be better with a different anagram indicator. |
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| 31 | Dive leader lost in the middle of sea and adrift is dangerous | 3 | 2 | (dive leader -e)* def:dangerous. Adrift anagrind. |
- The “in” needed for the surface reading spoils the wordplay instruction “lost the middle of sea” - You could have made a better surface with a different def that would give the idea of the dive leader being reckless. |
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| 32 | "ED TV" aired after titular lead was left in a daze and he jumped the shark? (9) | 2 | 2 | EDTVAIRED changes T ("Titular" lead) to L (left) and anagrams (in a daze). "He jumped a shark" is the definition. |
- Great surface. The cryptic grammar would be better with the omission of ''was''. - I like the idea, but the specificity of "Ed TV" doesn''t really work for the surface sense. |
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| 33 | Adventurer with a bit of advertisement back and a communist accompanies wicked! | 2 | 2 | Defn - adventurer, bit of advertisement back = da, communist accompanies wicked = red+evil |
- The wordplay works but the surface doesn''t really make much sense. |
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| 34 | Desperado delivered erratically after totting one for energy. | 1 | 1 | def: desperado, one = a, energy=e, wp = (delivered-e+a)* erratically is anagrind. | ||
| 35 | Desperado challenged criminal! Vile (9) | 1 | 1 | Desperado is def/ challenged is dared/ criminal Anagrind for vile* | ||
| 36 | Hell's kitchen's blind lawyer relived explosion (8) | 0 | Definition- Hell's kitchen's blind lawyer, anagram indicator- explosion, {Lawyer (DA) + Relived*} = Daredevil. Sorry my annotation skills are bad |
- "Lawyer" is part of def and wordplay (i.e. double-duty), which is questionable and not explained in anno - Can a word ("lawyer") double in both the straight and cryptic parts of the clue? - Lawyer is doing double duty in definition and wordplay |
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| 37 | Does Vidal confuse a madcap? | 0 | Does = deer, *deervidal, confuse is composite anagrind. Definition: a madcap |
- (Partially) indirect anagram - Indirect Anagram - Indirect anagram and Anagram indicator doesn’t work - It''s an indirect anagram? - Seems to be an Indirect anagram - The "Does" part of the anagram is indirect, which is generally not accepted as fair |