| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Ganesh Raman | Vicious biomedical waste killing me | 30 | 16 | Def: VICIOUS; Anagram of (BIOMEDICAL minus ME); WASTE as Anagrind; KILLING as Deletion Indicator | |
| 2 | Textrous | Shocking alibi coward fabricated to avoid war (8) | 30 | 15 | Def: Shocking, Anagrind: fabricated, ALIBICOWARD* - WAR |
- Great surface. |
| 3 | VENKATESAN P | Do I bail out criminal leader? It is damnable! | 26 | 13 | Definition: Damnable; Anno: (DO+I+BAIL)* (C); Out=Anagrind; Criminal leader=C |
- Smooth! |
| 4 | @qpheevr | Unholy biomedical experimentation? Leave me out of it (8) | 23 | 13 | (BIOMEDICAL – ME)* (with apologies to those who object to nouns as anagrinds) |
- Works for me! - Nice surface. |
| 5 | N Anantakrishnan | Disastrous usage of anabolic steroid killed senator | 19 | 12 | Def - Disastrous. Usage of - anagrind. (Anabolic steroid - senator)* |
- Nice anagram with deletion. |
| 6 | Suyash Roongta | Unnatural libido without a hint of control is satanic (8) | 17 | 12 | DIBOLI (Anagram of libido, indicator - unnatural) outside/without A + C (hint of control). Def - satanic. |
- I think ''satanic'' is a bit strong for the context of this clue. - Nice surface. |
| 7 | Thejaswi Udupa | Hellish boil treated with acid | 14 | 4 | (boil acid)* |
- I am not a fan of split anagram fodder. To me, your clue annotates as: BOIL* + ACID |
| 8 | Ian Sturup | Brutal first pair of boxers in ring; one heading for canvas | 13 | 7 | Definition (Brutal) = letters selection indicator (first pair of [BOxers]) + containment indicator (in) + ring (DIAL) + one (I) + letter selection indicator (heading for [Canvas]) DIA[BO]L I C |
- Complex, but clever and coherent - Fantastic surface. The best here. Excellent wp going for something out of the ordinary. |
| 9 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Bad coalition making NATO this ruthless (8) | 12 | 7 | Composite Anagram. BADCOALITION* = NATO DIABOLIC* Def (This - placeholder) ruthless. Anagram Indicator = Making |
- Clever attempt! - Thanks for explaining how the composite anagram works. I don''t personally like it, but the surface is smooth. |
| 10 | Dave Williams | Evil detective left in charge covered up a foul smell | 12 | 7 | 'evil'=def. 'detective left in charge'=D.I. + L + I.C.; 'covered up'=container indicator; 'a fould smell'=A + B.O. | |
| 11 | Heartless motive aside, Biomedical Engineering is frightful (8) | 11 | 8 | (BIOMEDICAL - M(otiv)E)*, Engineering is the anagram indicator; definition: Frightful |
- Well-constructed! - I don’t the cryptic grammar is right for the anagram. |
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| 12 | Bold CIA set out to catch one dangerous (8) | 11 | 6 | (Bold CIA)* around I def: dangerous |
- The simplicity appeals to me! |
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| 13 | Savage's high libido capturing focus of females at cave's entrance | 11 | 5 | Savage |
- Fantastic surface! |
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| 14 | Wicked sailor with crude oil nabbed by westbound detectives (8) | 10 | 6 | Defn: Wicked; Sailor {AB} with crude oil {OLI} nabbed by detectives from east {DIC}; DI AB OLI C | ||
| 15 | Not a bit of suspicion! Mad Doc's alibi is fiendish (8) | 10 | 6 | Mad Anagrind/ doc's alibi-s*/not a bit of suspicion is indicator to remove s/ fiendish is def |
- Good surface, wordplay seems to work! |
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| 16 | Vicious detectives about to arrest sailor on oil rig (8) | 9 | 6 | Def: Vicious. DI(AB+OLI)C Detectives about = CID <-, to arrest = container indicator, Sailor = AB, OIL* Rig = anagrind |
- Great surface. I don''t think ''rig'' works as an anagram indicator when following the fodder; it would need to be ''rig oil'' or ''oil rigged'' or ''rigged oil''. |
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| 17 | Satanic cult leader: "I toss a lizard brain around" (8) | 9 | 5 | C+I+LOB+A+ID reversal ("cult" leader, I, toss = lob, a, and the "id" in psychology is our lizard brain). "Satanic" = def, "around" = reversal indicator. |
- I think ''lizard brain'' > ID is a bit obscure. |
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| 18 | No question! Ultimately, uncontrolled libido can be devilish (8) | 8 | 5 | (LIBIDO CAN)* - (questio)N; uncontrolled= anag ind | ||
| 19 | Crossword set by the devil in Latin perhaps? (8) | 7 | 3 | Cryptic definition. "devil in Latin" = diabolus. Hence, anything by diabolus — a crossword, perhaps — may be deemed to be DIABOLIC (of or pertaining to diabolus). |
- Your thought processes seem good but this feels a little too....diabolic - The wording implies the answer should be a noun |
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| 20 | Wicked one -Biden - basically cutting American oil supply in Washington (8) | 7 | 3 | I(one) + B(iden) inside A, OIL* in DC(Washington). D(I A(B OLI*)C. Def Wicked |
- Great surface. ''Supply'' isn''t an anagram indicator as it''s not doing any changing or indicating that a change is occurring. |
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| 21 | Awful princess primarily arrested by police without covers(8) | 6 | 5 | Definition is awful, princess is Di, a b (primary letters),olic from police(without covers), Di+a b+olic |
- The wp works. What are ''police without covers''? |
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| 22 | Biocidal terribly devilish(8) | 6 | 3 | def: devilish, fodder: biocidal, anagrind: terribly | ||
| 23 | Hellish acid boil concoction {8} | 5 | 3 | Acid boil : Fodder, concoction : Anagram indicator, definition : Hellish | ||
| 24 | Fiendish, wicked alibi, Doc! (8) | 5 | 3 | ANNO: Definition is “Fiendish”. “alibi, Doc” is “wicked” (anagrammed). | ||
| 25 | Evil policewoman and sailor tossed oil on child’s head (8) | 4 | 4 | Evil = definition / policewoman = DI / sailor = AB / tossed oil = OLI / on / child’s head = C |
- Good attempt! - Interesting surface. I''d say that ''policewoman'' needs a DBEI because men can be a DI. |
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| 26 | Vicious Indian leader's guarded by bad, bent cops endlessly [8] | 4 | 3 | Def: Vicious / I in bad* (bent is anagram) [-p] olic [-e] (= cops endlessly) |
- I wonder if endlessly is usually used only for the removal of the last letter: maybe limitlessly works better? But fair attempt! - Great idea for the surface. Adding ''endlessly'' to the end of the clue isn''t great for the surface grammar / word order. |
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| 27 | A disease half-transmitted; tummy in pain, head severed - it's hellish! | 4 | 3 | {DIABe̶t̶e̶s̶}{C̶OLIC} Definition: Hellish ...I hope it's not too graphic. |
- Quite graphic. I''d say that colic is ''pain in tummy'' rather than ''tummy in pain |
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| 28 | Evil criminal informant, by leaving lobby, helps mostly the wrong way (8) | 4 | 3 | [CI+LOB[-by]+AID[-s]]<; "Evil" is definition; CI = criminal informant, "by leaving lobby" = LOB[-by], and "helps mostly" = AID[-s]; "the wrong way" indicates a reversal |
- Your extravagant wp works assuming that criminal informant is CI. The surface isn''t really something anyone would say. |
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| 29 | Monstrous, burst boil on child's behind repulsed backstop [8] | 4 | 2 | def (monstrous) + anagram indicator (burst) + BOLI* + C (child) + juxtaposition indicator (behind) [put those things behind] + reversal indicator (repulsed) + DIA (aid<) DIA< BOLI* C | ||
| 30 | Sadly bad one in endless colic trouble is cruel (8) | 3 | 2 | Anno: I in BAD* + COLI(c)* Def: Cruel | ||
| 31 | Cruel princess ,leaders abolish best of indian insurers | 3 | 2 | Di a B o lic |
- WP works. LIC is India specific. |
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| 32 | Alibi to kill Thor! not hard, Dr strange but vile | 2 | 1 | (Alibi + doc(-tor)) * dr:doctor. Thor-h:tor vile:def |
- Marvel references! I''m not too sure the cryptic grammar works though - I''m not a fan of DR > doctor for anagram fodder. |
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| 33 | Financial assistance recalled by Indian insurance company - it stinks within, so evil (8) | 1 | 1 | Def: so evil; AID< BO ("it stinks") LIC; reversal ind: recalled; containment ind: within |
- Great surface. LIC = India specific. |
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| 34 | Fiendish, chaotic Spanish devil in charge (8) | 0 | def: Fiendish; anagrind: chaotic; Spanish devil = DIABLO; in charge = IC; (DIABLO IC)* |
- same root - Nice surface. This uses an indirect anagram (spanish devil > diablo > diabol). All anagram fodder must appear in the clue. - Indirect anagram! |