| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Dave Williams | Overturning 'Roe'? Cue Trump's appointed justices | 36 | 17 | def: appointed justices; *(ROE CUE TRUMPS); anagrind: 'overturning'. [Reference recent US reversal of Roe vs Wade, also that 3 current Supreme Court justices were indeed appointed by Trump.] |
- "Appointed justices" doesn''t point specifically to the SUPREME COURT, but good otherwise. - I see ‘overturning ‘ as a reversal indicator but not as an anagram indicator. |
| 2 | Nate Cardin | Wildly corrupt? Sue me here (7,5) | 35 | 15 | Anagrammed (Wildly) ‘corrupt sue me’ = SUPREME COURT (here) (semi &Lit) | |
| 3 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Top Judiciary using Trump’s cue overturns Roe (7,5) | 25 | 9 | Def: Top Judiciary, E O R + TRUMPSCUE*, Using = Anagrind |
- I’m unsure of the purpose of ‘overturns’ in the cryptic construction. |
| 4 | Adman_i | 'Prosecute Trump. Clip his wings', ordered the highest judicial authority (7,5) | 23 | 14 | Anagram fodder - (PROSECUTE) + tRUMp, Ordered - Anagrind indicator, Highest judicial authority (Definition) | |
| 5 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Computer user designed site of highest appeal (7,5) | 23 | 13 | Anagram of COMPUTER USER, Anagrind: Designed, Def: Site (venue) of highest appeal |
- Very nice surface sense thanks to "site." |
| 6 | Leonard Williams | Respect our … um … appalling jurists?! (7,5) | 22 | 12 | Anagram | |
| 7 | Madhusudan H | Top judges download letters from computers (7,5) | 18 | 10 | COMPUTERS is the letter bank, "DOWNLOAD LETTERS FROM" is the letter bank indicator, "TOP JUDGES" is the definition |
- I don’t think letter-bank clues are fair. Also, there’s no anagram indicator. |
| 8 | Textrous | Organized crime erupts out without it (7,5) | 17 | 9 | &Lit; CRIMEERUPTSOUT* minus IT, "Organized" is the anagrind |
- I don’t think ‘erupts OUT’ works in the surface. |
| 9 | Ananth Srinivasan | Top judges seem corrupt in order to frame union leader (7,5) | 16 | 11 | Def: Top Judges (SEEMCORRUPT)*+U Anagrind: In order. Containment Ind: To Frame |
- The surface doesn’t quite work. |
| 10 | @qpheevr | Computer user hacked into government institution (7, 5) | 16 | 10 | (COMPUTER USER)*; “hacked into” is anagrind | |
| 11 | BINAY KUMAR PATRA | Drink mere cocktail with date in top seat at bar | 16 | 8 | Drink =sup, cocktail is anagrind for mere, date= court Def: top seat at bar |
- sup = eat, sip = drink |
| 12 | "Prosecute Mr. Laura, not Lara" ordered the highest judicial body (7,5) | 15 | 8 | Definition: The highest judicial body; Anagrind: Ordered; Fodder:"Prosecute+Mr+U"; Deletion indicator: Not | ||
| 13 | The Bench rules: ‘computer initially leased out is compromised’ (7,5) | 15 | 8 | Anno: (RULES COMPUTER - L)* Compromised is anagrind. Def: The Bench |
- The anagram indicator is ‘is compromised ‘. |
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| 14 | Nine in D.C. fixed computers with spare parts (7, 5) | 13 | 9 | Def: Nine in DC; wordplay: anagram COMPUTERS while copying some letters |
- Don’t get it, E,U,R not clued |
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| 15 | Legal panel to prosecute Trump essentially corrupt (7,5) | 12 | 7 | Prosecute (-T) rum (-P) anagrammed | ||
| 16 | Prosecute Trump, crossing limits recklessly in highest legal venue (7,5) | 12 | 7 | anag of PROSECUTE (-t)RUM(-p); crossing limits= ind for deleting 1st & last letters , recklessly= anag ind. | ||
| 17 | Powerful judges? Messed up! Corrupt! Sue me! | 12 | 6 | “Messed up” is anagram indicator for “Corrupt! Sue me!”, definition is “Powerful judges” | ||
| 18 | After a power cut, supercomputer goes off in a place where suits are tried (7,5) | 11 | 8 | [Supercomputer-p]*. After a power cut = Indicator to remove only 1 'P' from fodder. Goes off = anagrind. Def = a place where suits are tried. |
- I can’t make sense of the surface context. |
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| 19 | Computer user resorted to highest authority of law (7,5) | 10 | 8 | COMPUTERUSER*, resorted is anagrind, def = highest authority of law | ||
| 20 | Computer user upset top judges | 9 | 7 | (computer user)*, definition: top judges | ||
| 21 | Power-free super-computer designed for prime lawmakers (7,5) | 9 | 7 | (SUPERCOMPUTER-P)* (designed). Def: Prime lawmakers | ||
| 22 | Possibly prosecute Trump inside here | 9 | 5 | (prosecute rum)* Inside - indicator for removing both ends of Trump. Extended definition. |
- ‘Inside’ doesn’t quite work in the surface. |
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| 23 | Super surprising—yours truly to woo a judgmental clique? (7, 5) | 8 | 6 | SUPRE (“super” anag.) + ME + COURT |
- I like the use of "court" here, but "super" is a little too close to "supreme." |
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| 24 | CEO Trump sure restructured Roe overturner. (7,5) | 8 | 4 | Anagram of CEO TRUMP SURE. Anagram indicator - restructured. Definition - Roe overturner. Reference - Roe v Wade overturned 6-3 in recent US Supreme Court decision, thanks in part to the 3 Court appointments made in just 4 short years by CEO-turned-President Donald Trump. |
- The surface doesn’t really work wrt ‘sure’ and ‘overturned’. |
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| 25 | Best road? That might be the one with benches. | 7 | 4 | best=supreme road?=court |
- This is reminiscent of the terrace war. |
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| 26 | A member of a famous group of 3 to try to impress a famous group of 9 | 7 | 3 | SUPREME (member of group of 3) + COURT (to try to impress) |
- Feels like there''s a shared root in here, much as I enjoy the rhythm. |
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| 27 | UK's top judges chase after a member of Diana's ensemble (7,5) | 6 | 3 | COURT (chase) coming after SUPREME (with reference to Diana Ross and The Supremes); Definition: UK's top judges (Supreme Court) | ||
| 28 | Artful computer users loses direction and arrive at the best bar. (7,5) | 5 | 3 | def: best bar. Artful is anagrind to the fodder (computer users -s). Direction is S. | ||
| 29 | Highest Judiciary's remarkable chase | 5 | 2 | Highest Judiciary- definition, remarkable - supreme, chase - court | ||
| 30 | Right where righties kill rights? (7,5) | 4 | 3 | Cryptic def. Ref - Supreme court (US / India) is where righties (right-leaning judges) have taken some decisions that trample human rights. |
- I chuckled at this surface, but CDs are not fully my speed. |
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| 31 | Computer user hacked by highest judicial authority (7 5) | 4 | 3 | SUPREME COURT = highest judicial authority, hacked = anagrind, COMPUTER USER is anagram of SUPREME COURT | ||
| 32 | Judicial body placing gun-centrists before me in rifle stance (2nd) | 4 | 3 | S(U+PRE+ME)COUR+T / gUn (centrist) PRE (before) ME contained in SCOUR (rifle) T (stance, 2nd [amendment]) | ||
| 33 | Institute corrupt leaders of most electorates use? (7, 5) | 4 | 1 | &lit. Institute works as anagrind (in verb form = establish) with anagram fodder as [corrupt + me (leaders of 'M'ost 'E'lectorates) + use] |
- I can’t make sense of the surface. - Sorry - Institute doesn’t give sense of jumbling to me. Good idea otherwise |
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| 34 | Top most tribunal fixed computer user (7,5) | 3 | 3 | Computer user : fodder, fixed : Anagram indicator, Top most tribunal : Supreme Court | ||
| 35 | Computer user wrote greatest romance !(7,5) | 3 | 2 | Supreme Court : Supreme for Greatest, Court for Romance; anagram of ‘computer user’; Anagrind : ‘wrote’ | ||
| 36 | Where the Chief Justice is granted a stay! | 2 | 2 | A CD clue |
- I am missing the cryptic element |
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| 37 | Best date here? (7,5) | 2 | 2 | Supreme Court charade/CD |
- Is "here" meant to be the definition? Not sure "Best date" indicates this location. |
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| 38 | Tossed sperm couture appeals here? | 2 | 2 | (SPERM COUTURE)* |
- What is ‘sperm couture’? |
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| 39 | Some judges become corrupt and sue me | 1 | 1 | (CORRUPT SUE ME)* |
- I feel that ‘become ‘ as an anagram indicator needs to come after the fodder. - The order seems wrong Definition becomes wordplay where become is the anagram Ind. |
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| 40 | No more appeals after this being lost God's Date | 1 | 1 | Def: No more appeals after this god:supreme being -being. Date' |
- The surface doesn’t really work. |
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| 41 | Most excellent Margaret, perhaps ? (7,5) | 0 | Cryptic Defn Most excellent - Supreme, Margaret perhaps - Margaret Court |
- It’s a shame to invoke such a dishonourable person : ( - The clue does not define Supreme Court. A CD must define the word to be clues albeit cryptically |
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| 42 | Matchless ground needed for final decision review? | 0 | Cryptic definition; MATCHLESS = Supreme, GROUND = Court |