| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Dave Williams | Getting back on top? Yes! | 38 | 16 | Getting back = def. On = RE; top = COVER; yes = Y. &lit |
- on = re? - Swell &lit. - NL: I don''t think the whole thing defines ''recovery'' but ''recovering'' still an excellent clue though. |
| 2 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Rupee firm in each rally (8) | 33 | 15 | R (Rupee) + CO (firm) >>EVERY (Each). Def - Rally, Surface intended as a comment on currency markets |
- NL: I don''t think surface intention has been achieved but a lovely wordplay |
| 3 | Avtaar | Queen turned up with mask before the start of yearly rally (8) | 31 | 19 | ER<< COVER (Mask)+ Y. Def@: Rally. #down |
- Nicely topical with good wordplay. - NL: Great clue |
| 4 | Manish Jhaveri | Literally everybody goes for insurance renewal [8] | 23 | 12 | REALLY ( = literally) with ALL ( = everybody) being replaced by COVER ( = insurance) to give RE cover Y. Def = Renewal |
- Smooth surface with a very thoughtful word swap. - NL: Awesome clue |
| 5 | Ganesh Raman | Healing considerably after core workout | 19 | 13 | Def= HEALING; Considerably = VERY, after RECO (anagram of CORE; WORKOUT as Anagrind) |
- NL: being picky but prefer ''exercises'' (for singular) as others have done |
| 6 | N Anantakrishnan | Comeback by reliable English openers, 100 left at end of day | 19 | 12 | Def - comeback. R E C (100) OVER (left as in extra) Y |
- NL: not sure why ''left'' = ''over''? Otherwise fantastic - Left suggests deficit. Over is surplus. Perhaps 100 lead? - Let me count the ways I love a cricket surface. |
| 7 | Thejaswi Udupa | Comeback concerning company to a great extent | 19 | 11 | Comeback (definition) concerning (RE) company (CO) to a great extent (VERY) | |
| 8 | Satyen Nabar | Improvement particularly after core exercises (8) | 18 | 11 | VERY (=particularly) after CORE*, exercises= anag ind. |
- NL: very nice clue |
| 9 | VENKATESAN P | Unbounded area facing bay rightfully vacated for repossession (8) | 17 | 10 | Definition: Repossession; Anno: (RE)(COVE)(RY); Unbounded area=RE; Bay=Cove; Rightfully vacated=RY |
- NL: Wonderful clue |
| 10 | Arshad Nadamal | Does the Underground fare cover your return? | 16 | 9 | Hidden word, indicator - underground, Def - return |
- ''does the'' has no purpose in the cryptic construction. - NL: purpose of ''does the'' in wp? |
| 11 | Rally remarkably after core exercises (8) | 14 | 8 | VERY ("remarkably") after CORE* ("exercises" = moves around); Def is "Rally" |
- NL: Surface? |
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| 12 | Rude, heartless fellow on track to achieve improvement | 10 | 7 | RE (RudE heartless) COVE (fellow) + (on) RY (track - railway) = {to achieve} Improvement |
- RY and COVE were new to me, but they work well. - NL: The greatest clue ever written (I might be slightly biased though lol) |
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| 13 | Core exercises badly needed for healing (8) | 10 | 6 | CORE anagram ("exercises") + VERY ("badly") |
- Not sure what "needed" is doing here. - NL: Superb clue |
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| 14 | The first two years had 5 crore turnover from salvage (8) | 10 | 5 | Defn - Salvage : The first two years = first 2 letters of years =ye + 5 =V+crore - turnover - anagrind = recovery |
- India-specific : ( - NL: wp from def? Excellent anagram idea though. |
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| 15 | Repair an unstable core? Absolutely! [8] | 9 | 5 | Core* Very. Anagrind = an unstable. Anagram fodder = core. Absolutely = very. Def = Repair |
- ''an'' doesn''t fit with the cryptic construction; you could have omitted it. |
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| 16 | Railway incorporates online insurance for reclamation of business | 8 | 5 | Railway = RY, online =E, insurance = cover, incorporates is container indicator, Def: reclamation of business |
- NL: brilliant clue |
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| 17 | About to report on yen rebound | 7 | 5 | RE + COVER + Y | ||
| 18 | Fragmented core badly? A backup may allow this for your computer (8) | 6 | 4 | RECO*+VERY |
- NL: Lovely clue |
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| 19 | Core healed - so on the road to better health! (8) | 6 | 4 | CORE*, SO-VERY , ONTHE ROAD TO BETTER HEALTH - DEF |
- NL: your definition appears to be for ''recovering'', the rest is great |
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| 20 | Never cry perhaps after replacing nitrogen with oxygen to cure | 6 | 3 | def:cure, fodder:never cry - n + o, anagrind : perhaps. |
- I would use ''in'' rather than ''to'' - NL: Surface? |
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| 21 | Retrieval of concerning, covertly-erased timeline. (8) | 5 | 3 | Definition: "Retrieval". Clue type: Charade. "concerning" = regarding or RE. "covertly" = COVERTLY (literal). "erased TimeLine" = minus TL. RE + COVERTLY - TL = RECOVERY. |
- I''m in two minds regarding whether it would have been better to use a synonym of ''covertly''. |
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| 22 | Truly providing insurance for all in healing ( 8 ) | 5 | 3 | Def: healing. RE (+COVER<>-ŔLL) Y Truly = REALLY. providing insurance = cover |
- The surface doesn''t quite flow. - For the charade to work, there needs to be some indicator that ALL has to be removed. |
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| 23 | Soldiers settled in city's outskirts for getting better (8) | 4 | 2 | Def: getting better; Soldiers=RE, settled=OVER, city's outskirts=CY => RE C(OVER)Y |
- Great wordplay. A different def would be better in the surface. |
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| 24 | Year after concealment soldiers in front rally (8) | 3 | 3 | Anno: (COVER Y)<=>RE Def: Rally | ||
| 25 | Again screen youth leader 's rally {8} | 3 | 2 | Again : RE screen : cover Youth leader : Y definition : Rally | ||
| 26 | Company gets in gear... why? Not self-explanatory... getting back to normal. | 3 | 1 | gear = REVERSE. RE(CO)VERSE - SE + Y. def = "getting back to normal" |
- I think “Not self-explanatory at first” would be better—I don’t see SE as a standard abbreviation - NL: Surface? |
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| 27 | Recreation concerning yankee rally | 3 | 1 | Recreation:rec concerning:over yankee:y def: rally |
- The surface doesn''t really work. - NL: Surface? |
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| 28 | Again Harbour Line needs mending (8) | 2 | 2 | RECOVERY def Mending; RE .. again; COVE .. Harbour; RY .. line |
- ''needs'' has no purpose int he cryptic construction. - NL: needs to dispense with needs, otherwise wonderful, again is technically a root issue though |
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| 29 | Rally about film? Extremely dodgy (8) | 2 | 2 | Definition (Rally); RE + COVER + Y (surface refers to current Bollywood situation) | ||
| 30 | Get tanked coming out of Yankee rally (8) | 1 | 1 | Get tanked coming out of Yankee = Get ‘tanked’ from ‘yankee’ = recover ‘yankee’ = RECOVER Y / rally = def |
- I can''t follow your anno.... - NL: 10 points for creativity but this is indirect. You have clued for ''recover Yankee'' not ''recovery'' |
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| 31 | Brief letter ended Yemen’s economic upturn (8) | 0 | REC + OVER + Y |
- “Brief letter” for REC seems a bit tenuous - NL: not sure why a receipt is a letter(?) Otherwise excellent |