| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | N Anantakrishnan | Bold cover of Playboy amasses fortune | 34 | 16 | Def - bold. Cover of Playboy= P Y containing LUCK |
- No hint of superfluousness - a good clue that works well! - N: Brilliant clue! |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Poverty ends, bringing in fortune, for one showing courage | 32 | 15 | 'Poverty ends' (P&Y); 'Bringing in' as Insertion indicator; 'Fortune' = LUCK; Def: 'one showing courage' |
- Reminded me of the phrase: ''Fortune favours the brave'', well constructed! - "showing courage" would be a better def. for the adjective PLUCKY than "one showing courage", which implies a noun - N: word is adjective, def is noun, a shame, otherwise brilliant |
| 3 | @qpheevr | Courageous disc jockey finally embraces the end of vinyl (6) | 23 | 10 | P(L)UCK+Y: disc = PUCK; jockeY finally = Y; embraces = containment indic.; the end of vinyl = L; courageous = def'n. |
- Nice surface to this one - Nice surface. - N: Tremendous clue! |
| 4 | @LowdownCryptic | Work steadily at capturing head of cartel in United Kingdom? That's brave (6) | 20 | 11 | PL(U(C)K)Y - PLY [work steadily at] capturing (C [head of cartel] in UK); def on right |
- Well thought-out wordplay! - N: being picky but you would either describe the work as steady or brave not both. Clever way to make UCK. |
| 5 | Suyash Roongta | Spirited Yankee chasing hockey disc to secure final goal (6) | 20 | 11 | Def: Spirited. Y after PUCK (hockey disc) with L (final goal) inside. Container indicator: to secure. |
- N: I''m sorry but ''hockey disc'' is pretty unnatural. You had no choice though and certainly did amazing with it |
| 6 | Amrita Majumdar | Audacious to break into empty property! | 19 | 11 | Audacious - def , break = luck inside P (-ropert)Y |
- Break = luck in this context seems clever! - N: the ''to'' cannot be ignored. Some will allow ''wp to def'' but never ''def to wp''. Wonderful surface though. |
| 7 | Sowmya Ramkumar | This gutsy lot’s meme agitating Musk completely (6) | 18 | 8 | Composite Anagram. Def This gutsy, Anagrind - agitating. MUSK COMPLETELY* = PLUCKY LOTS MEME* |
- Kudos for the amount of efforts! Humorous surface too. - N: Fantastic clue! (Technically better as ''Musk completely agitated by this gutsy lot''s meme'' in my opinion.) |
| 8 | Nicholas Loader | Chance to enter vacant property to be seen as brave | 13 | 8 | LUCK inside [to enter] PY (vacant PropertY) = {to be seen as} Def: brave |
- N: A bit simple but a cool concept. |
| 9 | Satyen Nabar | Lifted trophy, winning final at last with Kylian's two headers in game (6) | 12 | 7 | Down clue. CUP <-- around (-fina) L + KY(-lian); defn= game (adj.) |
- N: excellent clue, just a bit wordy for me - Very nice! (And I''ll be doubly impressed if the World Cup actually ends this way) |
| 10 | @drcheruvarun | Pothead blessed to be bold | 9 | 7 | CHARADE - P (head of POT) + LUCKY (blessed) Def : to be bold |
- N: Does their gutsiness come from God or from ganja haha? Amusing concept though. - (I''d count "to be" as a connector, rather than part of the def.) |
| 11 | Gayathri Viswanath | Spunky Pant initially fortunate (6) | 9 | 5 | Def - Spunky P+Lucky |
- N: surface is a bit vague, cool definition though. |
| 12 | On vacation, Peggy entertains stars, gets bold (6) | 7 | 4 | P(luck)Y. On vacation, Peggy = PY. Entertains = container. Stars = luck. Def = Bold {Collins] |
- N: surface is great except ''gets bold''. Splendid concept though. |
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| 13 | Determined to lock up finally every criminal, dismissing initial opposition (6) | 7 | 4 | {LOCK UP (ever)Y - O(pposition)}* Criminal is anagrind. Def: Determined |
- The position of finally seems a little off in the sense of normal grammar, but I realise its done for cryptic grammar. Very good efforts, though - N: being picky but would be "to finally lock up..." for surface, a masterful clue otherwise |
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| 14 | Pull at string on headpiece of Yakama brave | 7 | 3 | pull at string=PLUCK; headpiece of Yakama=Y; brave=def. (the Yakama are a Native American tribe, so a 'Yakama brave' would be a meaningful phrase ... plus he'd likely be wearing a complex headdress) |
- Root issue? Pluck and plucky share the same root - N: Incredible clue! |
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| 15 | Gutsy penalty kick took some luck to end in victory | 5 | 4 | P(LUC)K+Y. "Penalty Kick" = PK; "took" = containment indicator; "some LUCk" = LUC; "end in victorY" = Y. Def = "Gutsy" |
- N: why does PK mean penalty kick? Taking k off luck in plucky feels like removing an s, great surface though |
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| 16 | Bold one inclined to strip down? (6) | 5 | 2 | DD/CD, CD for Plucky is one inclined to strip down (refers to strip (pluck) down (feathers)) |
- N: word is an adjective but one def is a noun, cryptic definition is too much of a stretch, funny surface though |
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| 17 | Dating case of pageboy embracing Lady fotuna, perhaps? | 4 | 4 | Def: daring. Case of pageboy:py lady fortuna as in (Lady) luck. P(luck) y |
- N: when there are this many entries, every detail counts, please check spelling. Wonderful clue otherwise! |
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| 18 | Hoicked fine! This daring to play puck in hockey field (6) | 4 | 3 | Definition: This daring; Anagrind: to play; (puck in hockey field)* = Hoicked fine plucky; Composite Anagram type of clue |
- Definition comes in the middle of the wp. Is that pukka? - N: surface doesn''t make sense to me, great composite anagram find though |
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| 19 | Spirited exercise to arrest zero-run dismissals uncovered (6) | 4 | 3 | Def: Spirited, exercise: PLY, to arrest: containment indicator, zero-run dismissals uncovered: (-D)UCK(-S) => PL(UCK)Y |
- N: surface doesn''t make sense to me, spirited exercise is a brilliant find though |
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| 20 | Courageous pygmy evacuated, accepting karma(6) | 3 | 3 | Defn is courageous , P(gym)Y contains luck(karma) |
- N: surface is a bit random, karma = luck? ''courageous pygmy evacuated'' is a clever find. |
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| 21 | A succinct description of the ‘banjo game’ (6) | 3 | 2 | A succinct description of the banjo = ‘plucky’ / game = definition |
- N: cryptic definition is too obscure - ''pluckable'' surely? A lovely surface though. |
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| 22 | Give out a fortune for game (6) | 2 | 1 | PAY (=give) - A (= out a) taking LUCK (= fortune). P (- a + luck) Y. Def = Game (adjective form) |
- Nice idea...Container ind missing? wordplay leads to PYluck? - N: if ''out a [something] for'' as substitution isn''t illegal, I still don''t like it, great surface and def though. |
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| 23 | Bold and silent actress Lawless shelters king(6) | 1 | 1 | (P)(LUC(K)Y}. Silent=P, actress Lawless=Lucy, King=K. Shelters=Container indicator. Definition: Bold |
- P is quiet, but not silent (at least in music; I suppose it''s different in psychology) - while P is ''quiet'', it surely isn''t ''silent''? - N: someone sheltering a king is just too unbelievable for me sorry, the rest is marvelous. |
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| 24 | Pity sex replaced with a stroke? Brave! | 1 | 1 | PITY (IT<=>LUCK) sex=it stroke = luck brave = plucky |
- N: why does ''a stroke'' = ''luck''? Not totally sold on the surface but impressive concept and unique ideas |
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| 26 | The beginnings of the piece - little unprofessional. Check? At the end of the day, it's bold! | 0 | {P}{L}{U}{CK}{Y} Definition: Bold |
- N: although it''s used everywhere in English, technically ''the'' is not ignored in acrostics. Cool idea though. |
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