| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | amrita majumdar | Sudden discovery of a sacred mantra found in stirring anthem (3,6) | 29 | 15 | Sudden discovery- def, A OM (sacred mantra) inside ANTHEM* |
- So clever! Stirring feels like such an apt choice of word! |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Apple hit a man observing motion, establishing new theory....leads to eye-opening discovery | 26 | 15 | Acrostic clue; LEADS as acrostic indicator; Def: EYE-OPENING DISCOVERY |
- very nice - Oooh - what a smooth, smooth discovery this acrostic is! Love the direction of thought |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | A bad actor gets signal "Start to talk when the bulb lights up!" (3,6) | 25 | 15 | A HAM (bad actor) OMEN (signal) + T (start to talk), def = when the bulb lights up! Surface story is about giving a cue to an actor who can't time his dialogue |
- Brilliant definition and surface for this charade! |
| 4 | Manish Jhaveri | "Oprah,” a mom enthused, “got a sudden flash of inspiration!” (3, 6) | 24 | 14 | Telescopic. Def = A sudden flash of inspiration |
- Wow kudos for doing a telescopic with a word like this! |
| 5 | Madhusudan H | Sudden realization comes to me that Namo's rule lacks lustre (3,6) | 24 | 13 | Defn: {SUDDEN REALIZATION} Anagrind: {Comes to} Fodder {ME THAT NAMOS RULE} - {LUSTRE) |
- Nice one, but i think ''comes to'' should come after the fodder, for it to work as anagrind. Fodder (comes to) solution - Not sure how comes to works as an anagrind before the fodder - Comes to as anagrind? |
| 6 | Textrous | Man at home aroused when the light-bulb goes on (3,6) | 16 | 8 | MANATHOME*, "aroused" is the anagrind, idiomatic def: when the light-bulb goes on | |
| 7 | Raj Jayaram | With no shorts, to begin with, Archimedes wildly cried out, “Am not crazy! It’s an instant of epiphany!” (3,6) | 15 | 10 | With no shorts to begin with: remove S; Archimedes: fodder; wildly cried out: remove letters C,R,I,E,D in any order; am not: more fodder; crazy: anagram indicator; hence (ARCHIMEDES -S -CRIED + AM NOT)* = AHA MOMENT, instant of epiphany = definition |
- Hilarious surface and my favourite Archimedean clue! I wonder about the cryptic grammar of ''shorts to begin with'' though but I appreciate this! |
| 8 | Veera Raghavan | Home team after drug ban playing with a new insight (3,6) | 15 | 10 | (home team-e+a n)*. Playing: anagrind. Insight: Definition |
- I like this deletion find |
| 9 | Saurabh Upadhyay | A meat and fish turnover with a bit of tartar is a brilliant idea | 15 | 9 | A+HAM+NEMO<<+ T. Def: Brilliant idea |
- Nemo is an iconic fish, but is it really fair I wonder ( fish = nemo). But I appreciate the way you make connections to construct a good surface |
| 10 | Suyash Roongta | Splashing at home, man has a big epiphany. (3,6) | 14 | 10 | Anagram of (at home man). Indicator: splashing. Def: a big epiphany. Surface is a reference to Archimedes' Eureka moment. |
- Nice one..but wordplay ''has'' definition might not be ideal |
| 11 | Primarily ancient historical astronomer, most outstanding math specialist reveals Eureka effect | 13 | 10 | Acrostic A,H,A,M O,M and specialist:ent. Def:Eureka effect | ||
| 12 | Treatment of hematoma around base of brain: An insight | 13 | 6 | [Hematoma* around N]. Treatment of = anagrind. Hematoma = anagram fodder. Around = container indicator. Base of brain = N (last letter). Def = Insight |
- Good attempt! |
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| 13 | Deranged man at home gets brainwave (3,6) | 11 | 9 | Definition: Brainwave. Anno: (MAN+AT+HOME)*. Anagrind: Deranged | ||
| 14 | An amateur radio operator's signal test finally leads to instant of sudden discovery (3,6) | 11 | 8 | A HAM OMEN (signal) T (tesT); Definition - instant of sudden discovery |
- Radio operator as a homophone indicator huh? I''m not fully sure but the surface is interesting! |
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| 15 | Looking up great Sanskrit mantra, at last we learn what enlightenment might be | 11 | 8 | {MAHA}<— + OM + ENT = AHA MOMENT. "Looking up" = reversal indicator (for Down clue). "great Sanskrit" = {MAHA}<—. "mantra" = OM. "at last" = final letter indicator. "wE learN whaT" = ENT. Def (by example): "enlightenment [referring to the moment of enlightening] might be". |
- Not sure of at last to indicate last letters of multiple words, but intelligent attempt! |
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| 16 | Revelation of a dead pig foreshadowing the onset of trouble (3,6) | 9 | 7 | Revelation = definition / of - link / a = A / dead pig = HAM / foreshadowing = OMEN / the onset of trouble = T |
- Quite a sinister surface but works well! |
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| 17 | When tinkering man at home cries 'Eureka'? (3,6) | 8 | 6 | Semi&lit: Anagrind- tinkering, fodder- MAN AT HOME, Def- clue itself (when does a tinkerer cry Eureka?) |
- Nice idea but could use a different anagrind IMO |
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| 18 | Bath taken often by Archimedes, first led to flash of Eureka ! (3,6) | 8 | 5 | bAtH + A(rchimedes) + Moment (flash), Eureka (Definition) |
- Moment is used in the same sense in wordplay and def - flash for moment isn’t really wordplay |
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| 19 | Man at home disconcerted when the penny finally drops (3, 6) | 7 | 5 | (MAN AT HOME)*; disconcerted = anagrind; when the penny finally drops = definition |
- surface story doesn''t seem to make much sense |
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| 20 | Eureka! Big revolt in Delhi! Folks engrossed in books? | 5 | 4 | Definition is eureka, big is called MAHA in Delhi, Maha<=+ o men t ( folks is men, books is OT) |
- Individual sentences make sense but the surface as a whole is not something I''m getting! |
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| 21 | Medium with future-telling sign puts on a head covering for inspiration (3,6) | 4 | 3 | A HA(M+OMEN)T: Medium = M, future-telling sign = OMEN, puts on = containment, a head covering = A HAT, inspiration = definition |
- Very creative mind you''ve got there! |
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| 22 | Honest! Mama dancing without son produces a brainwave (3,6) | 4 | 2 | def: brainwave; dancing is anagrind for fodder "honest mama-s" | ||
| 23 | When Penny drops American actor with books about guys (3,6) | 1 | 1 | Def - When Penny drops, A (American) HAM (actor) OT (Books)<|
- should be when ''the'' penny drops..? |
- Case issue with Penny [proper noun] / penny [inanimate object]. | |
| 24 | When the penny drops for new man at home | 0 | 2 | (man at home)* |
- Definition ''for'' wordplay? |