| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Samit Kallianpur | Broadcast: "Europe stops war at last!...That's incredible!" | 37 | 17 | [Europe stops r]*. Broadcast = anagrind. War at last = R. Europe stops r = fodder. Def = Incredible |
- Different way of thinking! Incredible is not an intuitive synonym according to me, but yet acceptable, I think. Very good attempt! |
| 2 | William Snow (@ContoCrosswords) | Pope dancing with trousers off is unthinkable (12) | 35 | 19 | (POPE+TROUSERS)*dancing/off / unthinkable = definition |
- Nice, but how do two anagrinds work here, doesn’t it make it POPE*+TROUSERS*? - Yes that is indeed something I don''t wish to think about - amusing! |
| 3 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Comical when trousers begin to expand and pop loose (12) | 29 | 14 | (TROUSERS + E + POP)* |
- Better of the Trousers clues - Comical indeed! Amusing imagery |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Spot superhero flying out of hotel! That's incredible (12) | 25 | 12 | (SPOT SUPERHERO)* - H; flying= anag ind, out of= del ind, hotel= H, defn= incredible |
- Out of hotel = remove H? Does that cryptic grammar make sense? But very interesting direction! |
| 5 | @LowdownCryptic | Pot user increasingly confused and nonsensical (12) | 24 | 14 | Letter bank = "pot user", LB indicator = "increasingly" (use more of those letters), anagrind = "confused" (rearrange), and definition = "nonsensical" |
- N: ''increasingly'' is too vague for my liking but a brilliant idea! |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Repeatedly upset or sad? That's foolish (12) | 16 | 12 | Letter bank anagram clue. UPSETOR is the letter bank with "repeatedly" being the LB indicator. Sad is anagrind. Foolish is def |
- Good letter bank clue (Lowdown) |
| 7 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Ridiculous characters in troupes cast repeatedly (12) | 16 | 10 | Def: Ridiculous. Type: Letter Bank Clue. Anag. Indicator - Cast, Letter Bank Indicator - Characters in + repeatedly. TROUPES is a Letter bank (having all the letters) of PREPOSTEROUS |
- Great letter bank with very smooth surface! (Lowdown) - One of my favourite LB clues here |
| 8 | Ramesh Swaminathan | Exotic prose and poetry endlessly reach us beyond belief (12) | 16 | 9 | (Prose+poetry -y)* + us def: beyond belief |
- Your choice of definition reflect care taken to make a good surface - clever attempt |
| 9 | Veera Raghavan | Bill for a couple of cigarettes that is inexpensive? Absurd! (12) | 16 | 8 | POSTER (bill) replacing CI in PRECIOUS (expensive). Elision clue. Def: Absurd. |
- Sneaky! - That is one smooth replacement clue! Well done |
| 10 | Ganesh Raman | Pope's trouser needs alteration, it's full of holes | 15 | 10 | Anagram of "POPE'S TROUSER"; Anagrind: "NEEDS ALTERATION"; Def: "FULL OF HOLES" |
- Amusing surface with clever definition (Lowdown) |
| 11 | BINAY KUMAR PATRA | Unbelievable! Members of troupes repeatedly exploited | 15 | 10 | Letterbank clue from TROUPES, Definition: Unbelievable |
- Good letter bank clue (Lowdown) - Good attempt - Good surface and the indicator seems to make sense |
| 12 | Crazy UP rioter poses rudely after killing one (12) | 12 | 7 | Def: Crazy, Anagrind: rudely, UPRIOTERPOSES*-I | ||
| 13 | Pope: Trousers are ridiculous, just ridiculous (12) | 12 | 6 | (POPE TROUSERS)* – “are ridiculous” as anagrind, “just ridiculous” as def. |
- Good attempt on the surface, I wonder if the anagram indicator fully works |
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| 14 | Puzzle really easy-peasy. Oh, stop thinking! Every recurrent occurrence unveils solution, silly! | 11 | 7 | First letter of every word with the surface indicating letter-picking. 'It's easy peasy' is supposed to be a hint - you don't have to look very far! Definition: silly. Note: Trying to refine an idea I'd attempted last time! |
- N: If it''s something like ''second'' which itself refers to the wordplay method, yes. Not here. You need a separate acrostic indicator. |
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| 15 | Ridiculous model to super poser (12) | 11 | 6 | Defn: Ridiculous, Anagrind : model, Fodder: {to super poser} |
- Concise and works well! |
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| 16 | Opposes truer reform? Outrageous! (12) | 10 | 8 | Anagram indicator: reform. Fodder: Opposes truer. Definition: Outrageous. |
- Surface makes sense to a good extent! |
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| 17 | Cook headless rooster and serve in supper? Ridiculous (12) | 10 | 5 | Cook & serve - anagrind, {(-r)ooster}* in {supper}* |
- I''m not sure serve as anagram indicator works when it''s ''serve in''. Your direction of thought seems to hold promise, though! |
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| 18 | Doctor to repurpose suction tip? Absurd! (12) | 8 | 6 | Anagrind: Doctor; Suction tip: S (first letter of suction); {to repurpose s}* : preposterous; Definition: Absurd |
- Tip of suction or suction''s tip = s, would be more accurate imho. |
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| 19 | Nonsensical, meandering prose with echo of Proust (12) | 7 | 3 | (PROSE+E+PROUST)*. Anagrind = "meandering". Def = "Nonsensical". |
- Of is intrusive in anagram fodder - ''Of'' can be misleading but good attempt nonetheless |
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| 20 | Our step provides everything needed for you, stupid! | 6 | 4 | Letter bank :our step. Def:stupid |
- Very creative indicator, imo. - Great letter bank with nice indication and hilarious surface! (Lowdown) |
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| 21 | Crazy upsets with poorer form | 4 | 4 | (upsets poorer)* | ||
| 22 | Before I, perhaps get you finally to fall in love - will become crazy | 4 | 4 | PRE (before) POSTER (I perhaps DBE) (Yo) U in EROS (love). Def - crazy |
- I like the way your mind works! Normal grammar seems a tiny bit off though - but it also feels like the best that could be done to keep the surface intact - Nice attempt. |
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| 23 | Foolishly peruse or stop being absurd! (12) | 4 | 3 | def: absurd; wp: (peruse or stop)* ; anagrind : foolishly | ||
| 24 | Fidgeting posture habitually is ridiculous (12) | 4 | 3 | Letter bank clue, habitually( as in frequently )LB indicator , fidgeting anagrind , Ridiculous is def |
- Good letter bank, but "frequently" would be better indicator than "habitually" (Lowdown) - Good choice of anagrind |
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| 25 | Violent persecutors without a shred of conscience seen outside the Post Office- outrageous! | 4 | 3 | Persecutors * - C around PO, outrageous - def |
- Post Office sound a tad odd but a very good surface |
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| 26 | Crazy spouse report is absurd (12) | 4 | 2 | Crazy : Anagram indicator, Spouse report : Fodder, Absurd : Definition | ||
| 27 | Gets ready to eat headless rooster cooked with heart of mouse - bizarre! (12) | 3 | 2 | Gets ready = PREPS; to eat = contains; headless rooster = OOSTER; cooked = anagram indicator; heart of mouse = U; hence (OOSTER)*+U eaten by PREPS = PREPOSTEROUS; bizarre = definition |
- Sounds like witchcraft - interesting attempt! |
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| 28 | Obscuring poorest - super or ridiculous? (12) | 3 | 2 | Anagram of (poorest super). Indicator - obscuring. Def - ridiculous. Surface referring to https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mumbai-slums-draped-with-sheets-overnight-ahead-of-g20-event-3607829 | ||
| 29 | Angrily rouse protest to gain power, avoiding extreme theocracy becoming crazy | 2 | 2 | PRE(P)OSTEROUS*(-t) = crazy |
- Good attempt! |
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| 30 | Change posture repeatedly, growing absurd (12) | 2 | 2 | Letter bank of POSTURE |
- Good letter bank, but are "repeatedly" and "growing" meant to be taken together as LB indicator? (Lowdown) |
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| 31 | Super hero's last poster at sea was incredible (12) | 2 | 2 | Def - incredible, super + o(hero's last) + poster , (at sea - anagrind) = preposterous | ||
| 32 | Professional arresting top seer in revolt, approaching America is unreasonable (12) | 2 | 1 | Definition: Unreasonable. Professional=PRO; Anagram fodder = Top seer; Anagrind = In revolt; America=US: Containment indicator = Arresting. Anno: (PR(TOP+SEER*)O)(US). DEs | ||
| 33 | Crackpot upsets poorer loony (12) | 1 | 1 | Anagram fodder “upsets poorer”. Other words can be definition or anagrind, as desired. |