| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | @LowdownCryptic | Cook me tandoori – not too much! (10) | 37 | 20 | ME TANDOORI* (“cook” is anagrind), def on right |
- A perfect bite-sized clue. - Nice anagram - "not too much" would be "in moderation" IMO |
| 2 | Textrous | To remain composed about one's desires, primarily (10) | 34 | 17 | TOREMAIN* ("composed" is the anagram indicator) about the primary letters of O(ne's) D(esires); &Lit |
- Definition is a verbal phrase while moderation is a noun. Otherwise a good idea. - Impressive find! |
| 3 | Gayathri Viswanath | Restraint with date in room? Difficult (10) | 22 | 13 | Def- Restraint date in room* |
- I hope this date is going well! |
| 4 | Ananth Srinivasan | Patience!! A Communist revolution is in progress (10) | 22 | 12 | Def: Patience A RED<- is in MOTION | |
| 5 | Amrita Majumdar | Different ways to dominate or control ? (10) | 20 | 13 | (DOMINATE OR)* |
- Not sure what the question mark is doing in the surface, but cute. |
| 6 | N Anantakrishnan | Rabid Modi era not showing restraint | 20 | 9 | (Modi era not)* | |
| 7 | Yossi Fendel | A proportional relationship between the most commonly seen value and the total number of observations in a statistical sample (disregarding extreme values) (10) | 20 | 9 | "A proportional relationship" = RATIO, between "the most commonly seen value" = MODE, and "the total number of observations"=N, (both as relates to a statistical sample); "disregarding extreme values" = straight definition |
- That''s a mouthful in the best possible way. Very tricky! - Very nice though a tad long |
| 8 | Avtaar | Decrease in drug supply (10) | 19 | 12 | MOD(in - as in faahionable)+E+RATION(Supply). Def: Decrease |
- Is there a root issue with ‘supply’? - Terse and clever! |
| 9 | Suyash Roongta | Changes in mood are tough at first for self-control (10) | 17 | 11 | {IN MOOD ARE T (tough at first)}*. Anagrind - changes. Def - self-control. | |
| 10 | Satyen Nabar | Starts to meditate often, daily exercise helping relaxation (10) | 15 | 9 | 1st letters M(-edi..) + O(-fte..) + D(-ail..) + E(-xer..) + RATION (helping), defn= relaxation |
- Nice surface. |
| 11 | Rishabh's first ODI ton, made without an element of danger, radiated calmness (10) | 13 | 9 | [R odi ton mae (made -d)]* with radiated as anagram. Def = calmness | ||
| 12 | Read kinky passage without self-control (10) | 12 | 7 | Def: Self-control, Anagram of READ* inserted in MOTION (Passage). Anagrind - Kinky, Without - container |
- Nice |
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| 13 | Oman rioted about austerity (10) | 10 | 7 | OMAN RIOTED anagram (“about”) |
- Neat anagram but rioting about austerity sounds unrealistic |
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| 14 | An approach with control (10) | 9 | 5 | An approach = Mode, (with is a connector) Control = Ration. &lit, whole clue is a definition for moderation |
- Are there root issues here? |
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| 15 | Violent demo helping to get justice (10) | 8 | 6 | DEMO* + RATION (helping), def = justice |
- Is there a root issue with ‘helping’? |
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| 16 | Correcting deformation without using force shows self-control.(10) | 7 | 5 | def: self-control, correcting is anagrind , fodder is deformation-f. | ||
| 17 | Internet forums need this updating to be purged of sin, in retrospect | 7 | 5 | def: "Internet forums need this". updating: MODERNISATION; to be purged of sin in retrospect: delete NIS | ||
| 18 | Tea room din disrupted calmness(10) | 6 | 4 | Definition: Calmness; Anno: (Tea+room+din)*; Anagrind: Disrupted | ||
| 19 | Appeasement of minorities primarily, with poetry and allowance (10) | 6 | 4 | M + ODE + RATION; Definition: Appeasement (clue reference to our freebie politics) |
- Is there a root issue with ‘allowance ‘? |
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| 20 | Fairness in means of allotment (1) | 5 | 4 | Fairness - definition,. Means - mode, allotment - ration |
- "of" does not work as a concatenation indicator - "of" does not work as a connector between parts of a charade - Is there a root issue with ‘allotment ‘? |
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| 21 | I dreamt wildly about love with no display of self-control | 5 | 4 | Anagram of IDREAMT around O (love) + Anagram of NO; WILDLY & DISPLAY as Anagrinds; Def: SELF CONTROL | ||
| 22 | Fairness in proposal to arrest a commie revolutionary (10) | 4 | 4 | Anno: A RED<- in MOTION. Def: Fairness | ||
| 23 | Heard motion sickness causes loss of hearing (primarily) and balance (10) | 4 | 3 | Balance (Defn), Anagram fodder (heard + motion), Sickness (Anagrind indicator) Loss (Deletion indicator for h) |
- I cannot see a cryptic purpose for ‘causes’. |
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| 24 | Control mass before lecture about Dutch and English (10) | 4 | 2 | Def- Control, mass-m, before- positional indicator, lecture- oration , about- container indic, Dutch-D, English-E - M O D E RATION | ||
| 25 | 500 may be a long time in movement, yet it is not in extreme (10) | 3 | 3 | Def on Right. 500 (D) may be a long time (ERA) in (inclusion) movement (MOTION) | ||
| 26 | Somehow I date moron with temperance (10) | 3 | 2 | Somehow : Anagram indicator, I date moron : fodder, Temperance : Moderation |
- "with" doesn''t quite cut it here as the connector between subsidiary indication and definition. |
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| 27 | Restraint shown in fashion allowance (10) | 3 | 2 | MODERATION (Restraint) shown in mode (fashion) + ration (allowance) |
- Are there root issues here? |
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| 28 | In fairness, I’d have weight inverted within the atmosphere of moon (10) | 3 | 2 | Def (fairness) MO (D [ERAT]I)<< ON | ||
| 29 | One angry returns proposal cover for modulation (9) | 2 | 2 | A RED(=angry)<< in MOTION (= proposal) def: modulation | ||
| 30 | Read haphazardly in transit to gain restraint. (10) | 2 | 1 | Restraint = def, read haphazardly = dera, transit = motion, mo-Dera-tion | ||
| 31 | A red persian get into action with calmness(10) | 2 | 1 | ared ( persian ) DERA gets into action ( motion ) MO(DERA)TION defn Calmness |
- "with" doesn''t quite cut it here as the connector between subsidiary indication and definition. - I don’t know of ‘Persian’ as an anagram indicator. |
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| 32 | The first public examination of our PM about restraining price dependant on state rising | 2 | 1 | Def:the first examination (in Britain public exam is known as Moderation). Our PM: Modi about:on, price:rate, e (adv: person dependant on state/chambers) rising rate to erat MOD(erat) I ON | ||
| 33 | Subduing movement embracing revolution by socialist core in Belarus | 1 | 1 | Subduing |
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| 34 | Monitoring a mailing list has a commie back in motion (10) | 1 | 1 | "Monitoring a mailing list" = def; a commie back = A + RED reversed, in MOTION: MO(DER A)TION | ||
| 35 | Self-restraint of average creature with charge. | 1 | 1 | MODERATION def Self-Restraint .. MODE .. average; RAT ..creature, +(with) ION .. charge |
- Is mode average? - While Mode is a measure of central tendency, it is not Average. Mean is. |
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| 36 | Mass lecture describing Delaware's temperance | 1 | 1 | M (mass) ORATION (lecture) around (describing) DE (Delaware). Temperance is the definition. | ||
| 37 | Process Control measure | 0 | Process: mode; Control: ration; measure: Definition; mode + ration |
- Moderation is control too! |
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| 38 | Root managed cracking maiden with composure(10) | 0 | Defn - composure, root (managed - anagrind) + maiden (cracking - anagrind) - > moderation |
- "with" doesn''t quite cut it here as the connector between subsidiary indication and definition. - It doesn’t work to have two separate anagrams when all the letters need to be mixed together. The surface is not very meaningful. - These two part-fodders and 2 anagrams does not result in MODERATION - requires one more anagramming of the two part-anagrams IMO - Wordplay with definition ? |
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| 39 | Discipline India's Prime Minister by running around (two-time)? (10) | 0 | def: Discipline; MOD(ERA+T)I+ON; Modi is PM, running is ON, around ERA+T, which are two ways to describe time ("two-time"?). | |||
| 40 | Calm proposal controls mind-blowing dare!(10) | 0 | Calm def/ motion around dare* |