| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Model, say, going topless - enthralled by pot (7) | 27 | 14 | (-u)TTER in PAN; say= utter, going topless= delete 1st letter, enthralled by= insertion, pot= pan, defn= model. |
- Interesting surface! |
| 2 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Plan to capture prime locations in a partitioned reign (7) | 26 | 11 | Def: Plan, Anno: Prime letters (2,3,5 etc) from aPArTiTionEdReigN Indicator: to capture prime locations in Fodder |
- I find the thought and efforts put behind this so brilliant! A unique perspective! - Clever! But I don''t understand what is "partitioned reign" - This is some "prime" wordplay and almost perfect execution (can a reign be partitioned? great surface, nonetheless) - Prime letter picking! That’s a new one to me, and very clever - Ingenious wp. - Love this wordplay! |
| 3 | Ratna Rao | Design apartment perhaps, without any modifications at first . | 25 | 13 | Def design ; (apartment -a,m)* perhaps anagrind ;at first - letter selection indicator , without deletion indicator | |
| 4 | Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt | Speak to the wrens regularly, it's a habit (7) | 21 | 10 | Letter-picking clue with fodder: Speak to the wrens, indicator: regularly. |
- Somehow find the surface amusing! |
| 5 | Raj Jayaram | Design Engineering: Part Ten (7) | 19 | 11 | Design: definition; Engineering: Anagram Indicator; Part Ten: fodder |
- Reads like a textbook title, good attempt! |
| 6 | @drcheruvarun | Ten part novel uses repeated motifs (7) | 17 | 12 | Anagram of TEN PART, Indicator : NOVEL, Def: uses repeated motifs | |
| 7 | Suyash Roongta | Encoded ten-part sequence (7) | 17 | 12 | Anagram of ten-part. Indicator - encoded. Def - sequence. |
- Appealing in its simplicity! |
| 8 | VENKATESAN P | Tipsy painter lacks a bit of imagination, takes time for decorative design(7) | 17 | 10 | Definition: Decorative design. Anno: (PAINTER-I+T)*. Anagrind: Tipsy. |
- Surface makes sense to an extent, fair attempt! |
| 9 | Ramesh Swaminathan | Starting to pay advance tax to evade revenue notice in a regular manner (7) | 16 | 9 | Def: a regular manner. Acrostic first letters |
- That''s a smooth enough acrostic there! - "Starts" (plural) would be better than "Starting" (singular) since there are 7 first letters to consider. - Acrostic indicator should be in the plural form (e.g. starts) since multiple first letters are picked. |
| 10 | Ganesh Raman | Layout of apartment complex lacking a masterplan to start with | 15 | 11 | Def: LAYOUT; Anagram of APARTMENT minus A M; Anagram Indicator: COMPLEX |
- Smoothly constructed surface! - "Apartment complex" is a great find, especially with "layout." It''s good enough to justify cheating with "masterplan" (it''s two words). |
| 11 | Ramki Krishnan | "Jazz": A short, pretty name for model (7) | 15 | 8 | Anagram of (A PRETT) + N(name). Jazz is anagram indicator (listed in CCD). Def = model. Surface could refer to the Jazz car model from Honda. | |
| 12 | Guide cunningly trains pet to drive out ISIS extremists (7) | 13 | 8 | Def: Guide (Chambers), Anagrind: cunningly, TRAINSPET* minus IS |
- That''s quite a picture painted. ''ISIS extremists'' seem like a smooth find! - I really like "ISIS extremists" here. |
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| 13 | Selfless painter takes time to make design (7) | 12 | 12 | PAINTER* - I + T | ||
| 14 | Design engineer granted second patent (7) | 12 | 8 | Defn: DESIGN, Anagrind: ENGINEER, fodder: {R (second letter of granted), PATENT} |
- Should be fodder''s second to pick 2nd letter |
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| 15 | Depression caused by SAP, Meta, Microsoft, Cognizant, salesforce, Uber and Amazon terminations. | 11 | 6 | Definition:depression/impression/pattern. Tail acrostic (terminations/ends) | ||
| 16 | Deter Pathaan moving ahead with this plan (7) | 10 | 7 | Composite Anagram: DETER PATHAAN = AHEAD PATTERN* Definition: (this - placeholder)+ Plan. Surface is a reference to the new Shah Rukh Khan movie Pathaan | ||
| 17 | Australian cricket captain announced spin formula (7) | 9 | 8 | Australian cricket captain = PAT (cummins); TERN (spin = turn with announced as hp indicator) | ||
| 18 | Copy initially, paste afterwards. That's the essential rule no?(7) | 8 | 7 | Def - Copy ( chambers), Acrostic. Initially - Acrostic indicator |
- Quite a cute attempt with an amusing and smooth acrostic - Just because a word is listed in a dictionary does not make it smoothly 1:1, so while I like this surface, the definition rings poorly. |
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| 19 | Structure of apartment altered after a male falling off (7) | 8 | 6 | (Apartment-am)*. Def: Structure |
- Good attempt! |
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| 20 | General on radio gives an order | 8 | 6 | Homophone of Patton (general), on radio is homophone indicator, order is pattern |
- Cute clue, but is that really how Patton is pronounced? This is pa-tn vs pa-trn, no? |
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| 21 | The inside- out Pant shot over cover - finally displaying form! | 8 | 5 | "The" inside out = (T E + PANT )* ( shot - anagrind) around (Cove) R. Def - form |
- Nice! - That''s a sweet little cricket reference, seems smooth too! |
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| 22 | Order Spooner's cheap part of spinning wheel! (7) | 8 | 4 | Order def/ tat is cheap/ pern is part of spinning wheel / Spoonerism |
- Pern is a bit obscure - The components are a bit obscure to me, but they work seamlessly (pun intended); very nice. |
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| 23 | Model, inspired by selfless painter, altered routine (7) | 7 | 6 | T inside [PA(-i)NTER]* |
- "Inspired by" is an interesting = that works really well here. |
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| 24 | Model parent developed a creative design(7) | 6 | 5 | def: a creative design; wp : (t+parent)* ; anagrind : developed. |
- Model=T as anagram fodder is indirect, insertion would have been better - "T" in anagram fodder is indirect. |
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| 25 | Magician's talking with no rhyme or reason (7) | 6 | 4 | PATTER (the talking done by a magician) + N ("no") = def "rhyme or reason" (i.e. pattern/logic) |
- Nice wp, not convinced about def - Nice definition, though PATTER isn''t necessarily restricted to magicians. |
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| 26 | Neat bird motif (7) | 5 | 5 | PAT (Neat as in a pat solution to a problem - fitting, apt)+ TERN(Bird). Def: Motif | ||
| 27 | Caress a seabird, making it a habit (7) | 5 | 4 | Habit(Pattern) - definition , caress = PAT, a seabird = TERN | ||
| 28 | What do you see when you make connections? The beginnings of theories, truths, everything really....everything is grasped around this (7) | 5 | 2 | {PA {TTER} N}; Acrostic + Containment; Pan in the sense of the prefix meaning everything; Definition: What do you see when you make connections? | ||
| 29 | Spiel (noun) – checkers, e.g. (7) | 3 | 2 | spiel = PATTER; noun = N; “checkers, e.g.“ = def. by example (🏁). (Surface refers to the German noun Spiel, meaning ‘game’, of which checkers (=draughts) is an example) |
- I think I can see what you are trying to do, but game in German = spiel, will the surface make sense to most? |
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| 30 | Tap with new design (7) | 3 | 2 | Tap = PATTER / new = N / design = definition | ||
| 31 | Mark vacated position to grab treat abroad | 3 | 2 | Def: Mark, vacated position = P N, abroad is anagrind for treat, grab is container indicator, so,P(*TREAT)N | ||
| 32 | Peart (at rear) in uneven rhythm possibly? (6) | 2 | 2 | Odd ("uneven") letters in "PeArT (aT rEaR) iN". Def (DBE): "rhythm possibly". Ref: Neil Peart was the drummer for Canadian rock band Rush; in concerts he and his drum set were invariably positioned at the rear of the stage. |
- I wonder how many people are familiar with Peart for the surface to click, also whether the indicator fully works? |
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| 33 | $112,358,132,134, e.g., a way to stubbornly stand rent-free (7) | 2 | 2 | PAT+TERN*; the number sequence is the famous Fibonacci pattern; if you stubbornly refuse something, you "stand PAT" and "rent" is anagrammed because it's free |
- Not convinced about “Pat” |
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| 34 | Perhaps tap bird in style(7) | 1 | 1 | Defn is style, Anagram with charade, tap * + tern | ||
| 35 | Spin, reportedly after ball marking (7) | 0 | TERN (TURN hp) after PAT (mass of soft material as in a pat of butter); Definition: marking |
- Not sure how “ball” = PAT |