| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Ganesh Raman | Slogan the motherland embraces! | 32 | 16 | &lit; Telescopic - "SlogAN THE Motherland", "Embraces" as the containment indicator |
- A slogan is a motto, not an anthem - Daring use of "slogan"--I like it! |
| 2 | Manish Jhaveri | Song that inspires soldier perhaps on border (6) | 29 | 15 | Ant (soldier perhaps) on Hem (border). Def = song that inspires | |
| 3 | Textrous | Can the mountains provide air that's stimulating? (6) | 28 | 17 | cAN THE Mountains, containment indicator: provide, definition: air (song) that's stimulating |
- Really like the misleading surface here and clever definition. |
| 4 | Ananth Srinivasan | Song meant to move & inspire the heart (6) | 26 | 14 | Def: Song + extended def. (MEANT)*+H Anagrind: to move, containment indicator: inspire, H = heart of t(h)e |
- Great idea. "inspire heart" would have been better, since hearth=H. "the heart" is not the same as "the''s heart". |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Basically any nation's traditional hymn expressed musically! (6) | 25 | 16 | Acrostic &Lit | |
| 6 | Dave Williams | Most nations have one soldier standing in front of a border | 25 | 14 | def='Most nations have one'; soldier=ANT, [in front of] border=HEM |
- Nicely concealed definition! - Really nice split of "one/soldier." |
| 7 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Parisian “The Marseillaise”… inspiring example of one (6) | 18 | 9 | Telescopic parisiAN THE Marseillaise. Inspiring is the telescopic indicator. Def: &lit, the entire clue is a definition by example, The Marseillaise is the French anthem | |
| 8 | Ramki Krishnan | In Hindustan, the majestic "Jana gana mana" for one (6) | 15 | 10 | Hidden word in "hindustan the majestic", def by example | |
| 9 | Maya Sharma | Articles on Mariah’s first song(6) | 14 | 11 | Song is defn, articles are an, the ; so an the m | |
| 10 | Samit kallianpur | An uplifting song from 'Superman: The Movie' (6) | 14 | 9 | Telescopic. Def = An uplifting song. Tel Indicator = From. Tel fodder = 'Superman: The Movie' (released in 1978) | |
| 11 | Heads of all nations together hum exhilarating, motivational song (6) | 11 | 8 | Song (Definition), Heads - Acrostic indicator | ||
| 12 | Song from Aquaman: The Musical (6) | 11 | 7 | Telescopic; Definition: Song |
- Surface would''ve been stronger had you chosen a superhero who has a musical. |
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| 13 | Enthralled by Spiderman theme song (6) | 10 | 8 | Hidden word, ind= enthralled by {Spiderm(AN THEM)e}, defn= song |
- My only issue with this surface is that so many "-Man" superheroes would''ve worked here. |
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| 14 | Reduced methane particles in the air for national pride, perhaps | 10 | 6 | METHAN(-e)* = ANTHEM Def by example: the song (air) for national pride, perhaps |
- "particles" does not cut it as an anagrind |
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| 15 | The man composed Jana Gana Mana, for one! (6) | 9 | 6 | The man* | ||
| 16 | National song featuring A.R. Rahman, the "Mozart of Madras" | 9 | 4 | Telescopic Indicator: Featuring, Defn: National Song |
- needs "featured by" instead of "featuring" - Of Madras is extraneous - There’s a lot of extra material here, and the indicator “featuring” points the wrong way - What are "A.R." and "of Madras" doing in this surface? |
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| 17 | "Jana Gana Mana" maybe coming from soldier on the border | 8 | 5 | DBE - Jana Gana Mana (Soldier) ANT HEM (border) | ||
| 18 | A new theme mostly for a song of praise(6) | 7 | 5 | Definition: A song of praise; Anno: (A)(N)(THEM(-E)) | ||
| 19 | Can’t he make stripped-down country music? (6) | 7 | 5 | Telescopic: cANT HE Make; stripped-down = indicator; country music? = def. |
- Delightful definition of "country music." |
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| 20 | Song of chrysanthemums (6) | 6 | 5 | Telescopic | ||
| 21 | Say "Land of the Free" with more freedom than me! (6) | 6 | 3 | Def on left ("Say" is for example, "Land of the Free" is anthem of Belize); Anagrind: with more freedom; Fodder: than me (exclamation accentuates song-like rhythm and rhyme) | ||
| 22 | Song and articles by Bond's boss (6) | 5 | 5 | Def: song. articles AN THE + M bond's boss | ||
| 23 | Riveting dystopian theme song | 5 | 4 | riveting (telescope indicator) dystopiAN THEMe def: song |
- Misplaced containment indicator |
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| 24 | Olympian (the medalist) wins this! (6) | 5 | 2 | &lit, telescopic |
- Nice idea, but not very convincing since what''s won is the medal, not the anthem |
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| 25 | A new tune’s first line is perhaps “O Canada” (6) | 4 | 4 | Definition by example: “perhaps O Canada.” Wordplay: A + N[ew] + T (tune’s first) + HEM (line) | ||
| 26 | The Man composed patriotic song(6) | 4 | 4 | The Man* composed - anagrind, patriotic song - definition | ||
| 27 | A small insect with an edge sings a song of praise! | 4 | 3 | Song of praise =def, small insect with an edge =ant+hem | ||
| 28 | The man composed canticle (6) | 4 | 3 | The man : fodder, composed : anagram indicator, Canticle :Anthem | ||
| 29 | Song celebrating complex math (including e and natural numbers) (6) | 4 | 3 | Song celebrating = ANTHEM. Complex = anagrind for MATH + E + N (symbol for the set of natural numbers) | ||
| 30 | Merchant without ready cash initially composes a song(6) | 2 | 2 | def:song, wp:(merchant-rc)*, composes is anagrind | ||
| 31 | America's Next Top Model returns--wait, really?--clothed in something patriotic? (6) | 1 | 1 | ANT(HE<)M; This popular show is popularly referred to as ANTM, the reversed word EH? ("Wait, really?") is "clothed in" it for something patriotic (ANTHEM). | ||
| 32 | Glean the meaning embedded in chant (6) | 1 | 1 | Telescopic |
- “Embedded in” suggests the containment works the other way round - Misplaced containment indicator. Chant is embedded in "glean the meaning", not the other way round. - The Telescopic indicator doesnt work - "Embedded in" should precede the fodder |
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| 33 | Those people starting with a new chant | 1 | 1 | A N(ew) THEM (those people), defn - chant |