| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Veera Raghavan | Desperate workmen meet prince when king is away to get permission (11) | 26 | 14 | (Workmen meet p - k)*. Def: permission. Desperate: anagrind. | |
| 2 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Delegation of women meet Republican President in assembly (11) | 25 | 15 | Def: Delegation WOMEN MEET R P*, Anagram Ind - in assembly | |
| 3 | Gayathri Viswanath | Women met Rep about authorisation (11) | 24 | 12 | Def - Authorisation women met Rep* about - anagrind | |
| 4 | Saurabh Upadhyay | This boosts, promotes best women perhaps? (11) | 18 | 9 | &lit Composite Anagram. (Empowerment + boosts)* = (promotes best women)*. Perhaps is the anagrind. Definition is the entire clue |
- Clever attempt! |
| 5 | Ganesh Raman | Mom, we repent misuse of privilege | 17 | 11 | Anagram of MOM WE REPENT; MISUSE as Anagrind; Def: PRIVILEGE |
- Good anagram find! Wonder about the definition - WP - Very good attempt. But ''misuse'' should come before fodder imho. After fodder, ''misused'' works - Wordplay "Of" definition doesn''t work |
| 6 | N Anantakrishnan | Aggrieved women meet political representatives initially for process of getting freedom and rights (11) | 17 | 10 | (women meet p r)* Def - process of getting freedom and rights |
- Works quite well! |
| 7 | @drcheruvarun | Women preempt movement, abandoning quiet approach to equal rights (11) | 17 | 9 | Fodder : WOMEN PREEMPT -P (deletion : abandoning quiet), Anag : movement, Def : approach to equal rights |
- Well-done! Quiet is such an apt choice of word for the surface that fits the cryptic grammar |
| 8 | Avtaar | English Parliamentarian and King surrounded by angry women essentially wanting authority to decide (10) | 16 | 9 | E MP + ER inside WOMEN*+wan(T)ing. Def:Authority to decide |
- I suppose King = ER works if it’s Edward VII, which makes sense for the surface reading |
| 9 | Satyen Nabar | Pert women agitating across Middle East for emancipation (11) | 15 | 8 | (PERT WOMEN)* around ME; agitating= anag ind, across= cont ind, Middle East= ME (abbrev), defn= emancipation (Collins). | |
| 10 | @qpheevr | Becoming stronger, men wept more piteously (11) | 14 | 10 | Anagram of MEN WEPT MORE. “piteously” is indicator; “becoming stronger” is definition |
- The stronger one is, the less afraid one is to be vulnerable - maybe a more apt indicator can be used, but good attempt! |
| 11 | Madhusudan H | Doctor promoted me when HOD dispatched approval (11) | 14 | 8 | [DOCTOR] Anagrind [PROMOTED ME WHEN] Fodder - [HOD DISPATCHED] deletion [APPROVAL] Definition | |
| 12 | Metres in poem weren't creative licence (11) | 13 | 7 | M (metres, as unit of measurement) in POEM WEREN'T* (anagrind "creative", definition "licence") | ||
| 13 | Leaders of every major party on winning elections really must ensure nation’s transformation, okay? (11) | 11 | 9 | Acrostic. Def = okay |
- Definition = okay? Whoa okay, as in to empower something is to okay it. I find it interesting, the clue itself is easy with a smooth surface so an unintuitive definition could work - I find this very creative! - Nice acrostic but not sure if okay (even in the noun form) is a right def for "empowerment" - Technically aynonym but feel weak def. - Okay doesnt work as a def for me |
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| 14 | Poem about royal soldiers controlled by weak authority (11) | 8 | 5 | POEM* (about is anagram ind) + R MEN (royal soldiers) inside (controlled by) WET (weak). Def = authority | ||
| 15 | Bad-tempered women released editor's letter of authority (11) | 8 | 5 | Anno: (temper(-ed)+women)*. Editor=ED. Deletion indicator: Released. Anagrind: Bad. Definition: Letter of authority | ||
| 16 | Perhaps pert women have me (11) | 8 | 4 | Self-referential &Lit clue; PERTWOMEN* containing ME |
- Quite amusing - a good find! |
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| 17 | Curious men met over power delegation(11) | 5 | 4 | Definition is delegation, curious is anagrind, over is containment indicator, So em(power)ment |
- Having “power” explicit in the clue isn’t ideal - Rot issue, power is the root word for empowerment |
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| 18 | MP giving million to hospital department for equipment | 2 | 2 | M = EM / P = POWER / giving million to = putting M alongside / hospital department = ENT / for / equipment = definition |
- Devious but I wonder how fair! |
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| 19 | Raging temper of women? Absence of autonomy granted is the answer! | 2 | 1 | {TEMPER OF WOMEN - OF}* Definition: 'autonomy granted' is the answer | ||
| 20 | Enabling new remote PM to break out (11) | 1 | 1 | {new remote PM}*. Anagrind - to break out. Def - enabling. | ||
| 21 | Met women with pre-arranged licence | 0 | 7 | (met women pre)* |
- Nice fusion of anagrind and fodder |
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| 22 | Giving permission to meme without any limit - state implied, it is said (11) | 0 | m(EM)e + POWER (state, meaning power when viewed from international influence) + MENT [hp of meant (implied), hp indicator being it is said]; Definition: Giving permission |
- Rot issue, power is the root word for empowerment |
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| 23 | Temper women's ire differently to equip with ability and rise | 0 | Composite anagtam (Temper+women's+ire) * = empowerment +rise def:to equip with ability. |