| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @qpheevr | Supplier of dough for California flatbread menu (10) | 44 | 19 | supplier of dough (i.e. money) = capitalist; California =CA (postal abbr.); flatbread = PITA; menu = LIST |
- Fodder "for" Def works. Def "for" fodder does not. - Great definition/surface ("Supplier of dough...") - nice one |
| 2 | Manish Jhaveri | Cricket's premier hit, Tata IPL, is a money-spinner (10) | 35 | 15 | C (cricket's premier) + tataiplis* (hit is anagrind). Def = money-spinner |
- Brilliant |
| 3 | Textrous | I primarily support trade (10) | 22 | 11 | I = Capital i, primarily support trade = primary letters of S(upport) T(rade), &Lit |
- Well played with the rebus. |
| 4 | VENKATESAN P | Leading Income Tax authorities to probe suspicious plastic moneybags (10) | 21 | 11 | Definition: Moneybags; Anno: (PLASTIC)* around (ITA); Anagrind: Suspicious; Fodder: PLASTIC; Insertion indicator: to probe |
- Leading doesn''t work as an acrostic indicator. Need "leaders of". Also, the def is plural while the word to be clued is singular. |
| 5 | Yossi Fendel | Plutocrat who shouts on the internet? | 19 | 10 | "Plutocrat" is straight def. One "shouts" in online text by using all-caps, and hence is a "capitalist", in a punny sense. |
- I buy this punny definition. |
| 6 | Maya Sharma | Perhaps New Delhi’s first industrialist (10) | 18 | 12 | Defn is industrialist, perhaps New Delhi is capital, first is 1st ie ist | |
| 7 | N Anantakrishnan | "Beat It" - a record money-spinner! | 18 | 9 | Beat = CAP IT A LIST (record). Money-spinner - Def | |
| 8 | Nicholas Loader | Male perhaps first to become a tycoon? | 16 | 8 | CAPITAL (Male, perhaps - capital of Mali) IST (first) = (to become) def: a tycoon |
- Capital and Capitalist come from the same etymological root. You can''t have Capital clued as part of a charade clue for Capitalist. - Malé is the capital of Maldives, not of Mali (but this is only a problem for the annotation, not for the clue itself) |
| 9 | Sparsh Sinha | Banker with a licit past got corrupted(10) | 12 | 7 | Def - Banker: (a licit past) - got corrupted (anagrind) + Capitalist | |
| 10 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Fat cat - pet stuffed with bread and fluids regularly (10) | 11 | 6 | Def: Fat cat (sl. for Capitalist - Chambers), insertion of PITA , (f)L(u)I(d)S in CAT |
- Very nice surface to mislead with "fat cat/pet." |
| 11 | @LowdownCryptic | Thatcher fits this description! (10) | 11 | 6 | Surface: Margaret Thatcher was capitalist. Cryptic: the name Thatcher fits the description "capital is T". |
- Since Thatcher is a DBE (def by example), the clue needs something like "Thatcher, say" or "Thatcher, for one" |
| 12 | Financier in Kiev, say, is beginning to tremble | 10 | 7 | CAPITAL (Kiev, say) IS T (beginning to tremble). Definition: Financier |
- Capital and Capitalist come from the same etymological root. You can''t have Capital clued as part of a charade clue for Capitalist. |
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| 13 | Artistic pal desperately needs right investor (10) | 9 | 6 | (ARTISTIC PAL)* - R; desperately= anag ind, needs= del ind, right= R, defn= investor | ||
| 14 | "Cap! Make it sail on time", said tycoon (10) | 8 | 5 | CAP + {ITSAIL}* (anagrind - make) + T(ime), said / implied (connector) tycoon (def) | ||
| 15 | With holy man following, India's initial investment might come from this person | 7 | 6 | 'investment might come from this person'=defn.; 'India's initial'=CAPITAL I; (followed by) 'holy man'=ST. | ||
| 16 | Close bank over appeal by a financier? (10) | 7 | 3 | Anno: CAP LIST over IT A Def: Financier | ||
| 17 | Leader of commerce, elite loaded with a stuffed pocket! (10) | 6 | 3 | &lit: C+A(PITA)LIST / "leader of commerce" = C, "elite" = A-LIST, "a stuffed pocket" = PITA; "loaded with" is the container indicator. | ||
| 18 | Perhaps, Lincoln is the first investor (9) | 5 | 5 | Lincoln as an example of {CAPITAL} {IS T}he first ; Defn: Investor | ||
| 19 | Impose limit on sex? A register for money bags! (10) | 5 | 4 | Impose limit is cap/ sex is IT/ a register is a list/ money bags is def | ||
| 20 | Cat has bread, insides of melon and fish to become a fat cat (10) | 5 | 4 | A fat cat (Defn), CA { (PITA) (meLon) (fISh) } T, Bread - PITA |
- Nice wordplay but Cat appears twice in the clue! |
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| 21 | Funds needed first to become a financier, perhaps | 5 | 3 | funds = capital, first = ist, a charade. Definition: a financier, perhaps |
- Capital and Capitalist come from the same etymological root. One can''t have Capital clued as part of a charade clue for Capitalist. - CAPITAL meaning ‘funds’ is the root of CAPITALIST - The capital in capitalist and in funds are the same. Makes it not very cryptic |
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| 22 | Trump perhaps after money, before all else (10) | 4 | 3 | D by E, CAPITAL (Money) IST (First, I as in Roman 1) |
- Capital and Capitalist come from the same etymological root. You can''t have Capital clued as part of a charade clue for Capitalist. - CAPITAL meaning ‘money’ is the root of CAPITALIST - Capitalist is an extension of capital as used in this clue. Makes it not very cryptic |
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| 23 | Profit-seeking investor in recycled plastic bags, leads in indigenous technology adoption (9) | 3 | 3 | PLASTIC*(recycling) around (bags) I,T,A (Acrostic of indigenous...). Def: Profit-seeking investor | ||
| 24 | Businessman is in Germany following investment (9) | 2 | 2 | Def - Businessman, IST behind CAPITAL |
- Capital and Capitalist come from the same etymological root. One can''t have Capital clued as part of a charade clue for Capitalist. - CAPITAL meaning ‘investment’ is the root of CAPITALIST |
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| 25 | Top sex article record held by a mogul (10) | 2 | 2 | def: mogul, wp: top : cap, sex:it, article:a, record:list. cap+it+a+list. | ||
| 26 | Mica pit Ali struggled to withhold as investor (10) | 2 | 2 | miCA PIT ALI STruggled, withhd - telescopic indicator, investor - definition | ||
| 27 | Newcapital is taken in part by fat cat (10) | 2 | 1 | newCAPITAL IS Taken : telescopic, in part: hidden word indicator, Fat cat: capitalist |
- The CAPITAL in NEWCAPITAL is the same as the CAPITAL in CAPITALIST |
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| 28 | Builder of ITC,SAP, Airtel with less money? | 1 | 1 | Anagram of ITC SAP AIRTEL -(less) RE for Rupee(money). Anagrind is "Builder of". '?' as it is also cryptic definition | ||
| 29 | Money in directionless tailspin, having been wasted and thrown around (10) | 0 | Def: “money” as in rich person, e.g. “old money,” “new money.” Anno: anagram (“having been wasted”) of TAILSPIN – NS (“directionless”), with CAST (“thrown”) around |