| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | SPARSH SINHA | For starters, Federer and Rafa's encounter was epic ! Lovely last act of departure (8) | 45 | 21 | Def - act of departure (Chambers) : Acrostic - For starters - acrostic indicator |
- A long acrostic that doesn''t feel forced : ) |
| 2 | Manish Jhaveri | All were shattered after start of Federer's retirement [8] | 37 | 19 | allwere* (shattered is the anagrind) after F. Def = retirement | |
| 3 | VENKATESAN P | We're all unhappy after family head's departure(8) | 35 | 19 | Definition: Departure; Anno: (F)(WE'RE+ALL)*; Family head=F; Anagrind: Unhappy | |
| 4 | Avtaar | High reef wall is so long (8) | 29 | 15 | Anagram (high) of REEFWALL*. Def: So Long | |
| 5 | Textrous | Were bats in decline for so long? (8) | 26 | 14 | WERE* ("bats" is the anagrind) in FALL (decline), def: SO LONG |
- 🦇 |
| 6 | Samit kallianpur | We're excited to extend trip.....See you later! [8] | 21 | 12 | Fa[rewe]*ll. We're = anagram fodder. Excited = anagrind. To extend = insertion/container indicator. Trip = fall. Def = See you later [Collins] |
- I don''t think ''extend'' works as a containment indicator. |
| 7 | Ananth Srinivasan | The last word according to Spooner ? Dress to kill (8) | 19 | 11 | Def: the last word Spoonerism of Wear (dress) and Fell (kill) | |
| 8 | N Anantakrishnan | See, you are fine after a bit of Feni! | 17 | 11 | Def - See you. Are Well (fine) after F(eni) |
- I like the insinuation of the comma in between "see" and "you." |
| 9 | Raj Jayaram | We're sick in autumn for so long (8) | 17 | 11 | We're = fodder, sick = anagrind, in = containment indicator, autumn = fall =>FA(REWE*)LL, for (connector, wordplay for definition), so long = definition | |
| 10 | Sowmya Ramkumar | We're wandering in trip for so long (8) | 13 | 6 | WERE* inserted in FALL (trip) Def So Long, Anag Ind - wandering | |
| 11 | Distant sheep will see you | 11 | 8 | FAR EWE’LL. def="see you" | ||
| 12 | Free whiskey? All go wild! Cheers (8) | 10 | 8 | (FREE W ALL)*; go wild= anag ind, whiskey= w (abbrev), defn= cheers |
- ''Cheers'' isn''t in mw or collins as a synonym of farewell; perhaps it is in some other thesaurus. It''s not used in my part of the world to mean farewell. |
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| 13 | I'm going to diet probably (8) | 10 | 7 | FARE (diet) + WELL (probably, as in well meaning 'in all likelihood'); Definition: I'm going | ||
| 14 | Notes in good shape for a final performance (8) | 10 | 5 | FA + RE (“notes”) + WELL (“in good shape”); def. = a final performance |
- Root issue (well) - ''notes in good shape'' wrt music doesn''t really mean anything; perhaps you mean something like notes for a speech or notes to guide how the perfromance will run. |
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| 15 | Pitcher in defeat makes a comeback later (8) | 8 | 7 | FA(REWE)LL; pitcher = EWER; defeat = FALL; in = containment indic.; makes a comeback = reversal indic.; later = def. |
- The WP reads LLWEREAF since FALL also seems reversed by - Given its positioning, "makes a comeback" would seem to apply to "defeat" (FALL) as well. - since only EWER is reversing, would be better as "Later in defeat, pitcher makes a comeback" - I like the idea but the order of elements means it should be FALL< |
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| 16 | Just overheard: "you and I are going to last" (8) | 7 | 5 | FARE = Just overheard (fair hom.); WE'LL = you and I are going to; FAREWELL = last (adj.) |
- ''Last'' isn''t in mw or collins as a synonym of farewell; perhaps it is in a different thesaurus. |
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| 17 | Good food after bidding goodbye | 7 | 4 | WELL after FARE, "bidding goodbye" as definition |
- "After" seems to apply to "food." Might "Before good food . . ." work better? - Doesn''t ''good food after'' = WELLFARE ? - The surface doesn''t really mean anything. - Root issues |
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| 18 | About us: in autumn, it is goodbye! | 7 | 4 | {FA {RE}{WE} LL} Definition: It is goodbye |
- ''us'' doesn''t equal ''we''. The surface doesn''t mean anything. |
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| 19 | All were in tears after initially fun-filled occasion of departure | 6 | 4 | *all were, in tears is anagrind; initially fun-filled= F, after is location indicator for F, Def: occasion of departure |
- I don''t think ''in tears'' works as an anagram indicator. |
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| 20 | Free all work, go off and have a nice trip | 6 | 4 | (Free+all+w) * def:have a nice trip. |
- ''Free all work'' doesn''t mean anything. Most of us don''t know physics well enough to know that W = work. |
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| 21 | Reverend's dress cut down; was so long (8) | 5 | 4 | Spoonerism of {wear fell}. Dress -> wear (as in summer wear). Cut down -> fell (as in a tree). Indicator - Reverend. Def - so long. |
- A partial defrocking? |
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| 22 | Bowl over that includes Green ultimately run out in Warner mix-up and bye [8] | 5 | 2 | FELL (bowl over) around (warner -n -r)* def (bye) | ||
| 23 | So long, and strangely, really few lost way in the end | 4 | 4 | Definition = SO long. Anagram of really few- Y (way in the end) | ||
| 24 | Wild flowers all gone, missing - so long, goodbye (8) | 4 | 2 |
- no anno :( - A very sweet clue. It might have made a good CA. |
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| 25 | Sound of carnival ahead of Orson’s interminable wake | 4 | 2 | Hp (sound of) fair > FARE WELL(-s) def(wake) |
- orson welles not wells? - it''s Orson Welles, not Wells - Wasn’t Orson’s surname WELLES? I think “interminable” is better when it indicates omitting just a single final letter - Nice idea but Orson''s last name is Welles, not Wells. |
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| 26 | So long it fits menu, fine. | 3 | 2 | def : so long; wp: menu(fare) + fine(well) ; fits indicates addition |
- Root issues - The surface doesn''t mean anything. ''It'' doesn''t have any purpose in the cryptic construction. |
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| 27 | Get on with harmoniously for so long (8) | 3 | 2 | Get on = FARE / harmoniously = WELL / so long = definition |
- Root issues |
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| 28 | Distant energy source salutation? | 3 | 2 | FAR+E+WELL |
- The surface doesn''t really mean anything. |
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| 29 | Take care of store floor ordered Spooner! | 2 | 2 | Take care- def, spoonerism- ware ( store) fell ( floor, in the sense of knock down ) |
- Not sure about store -> ware. Store is warehouse? |
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| 30 | Spooner's fly gave way leading to a not-entirely-planned exit, perhaps | 2 | 2 | Spooner of [Spooner's] [W]EAR (fly - a flag, etc.) [F]ELL (gave way) = F[ARE]W[ELL] Def: not-entirely-planned exit, perhaps |
- Fly=wear is a stretch, and why not-entirely-planned? - ''Fly'' isn''t a synonym or ''wear'' in either mw or collins; perhaps it is in a different thesaurus. I don''t understand the def or why it has a dbei. |
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| 31 | War fell apart ! Adieu (7) | 2 | 2 | Apart Anagrind |
- Fodder needs one more E to make FAREWELL - Enum doesn’t match; anagram fodder is a letter short - Unless I''m misunderstanding, there''s an E missing from the fodder - The fodder is missing an ''e''. The surface doesn''t mean anything. - Error in anagram |
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| 32 | Feel real high with wife returning, initially away for so long (8) | 1 | 1 | Anno: (FEEL REAL-A+W)*. High is anagrind. Return synonym of replace. Def: So long |
- “Return” can mean replace in the sense of ‘put back where it was’, but I don’t think it works for the sense of ‘substitute for’ - I''m not a fan of anagram fodder being split by the anagram indicator. I don''t think ''returning'' can be used as a replacement indicator. - Not sure about "returning" meaning replacing. |
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| 33 | So long to fear now, on fleeing criminal Cockney underworld (8) | 1 | 1 | Anagrind: "criminal". Anagram fodder: FEAR NOW minus ON ["ON fleeing"] = FAREW. "underworld" = HELL; Cockney HELL = ELL. FAREW + ELL = FAREWELL. Definition: "So long". Surface: No longer fearful after fleeing the East London crime scene. |
- ''to'' isn''t generally accepted as a connector |
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| 34 | Art & Climate Change group’s right to say goodbye? (8) | 0 | Cape Farewell is the name of the group |
- This is a bit vague / unfair. There''s no deletion indicator to remove ''cape''. I can''t see a purpose for ''right'' in the cryptic construction. |
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| 35 | Say goodbye to autumn round-about start of week-end (8) | 0 | def: Say goodbye; to autumn FALL round(insert)-about RE start of week-end WE - FA[REWE]LL |
- ''To'' isn''t generally accepted as a connector. Start of week-end = w; you would need a different inidcator to achieve WE out of weekend. |