| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Textrous | Baked stuff that is taken from patisserie, perhaps (8) | 39 | 18 | Sem-&Lit; Def: Baked stuff, Anagrind: perhaps; Anagram of (PATISSERIE - I.E.) |
- Patisserie and Pastry have the same root - Excellent! - Same root issue—“pastries” and “patisserie” are cognates |
| 2 | Raj Jayaram | Tarts traipse around before starting to strip (8) | 27 | 13 | Tarts: definition, traipse around: anagram of TRAIPSE, before: positional indicator, starting to S(trip): S |
- DBE requires DBEI. - Smooth |
| 3 | Arjun Mukerjee | Naked fat priests running wild with tarts (7) | 19 | 11 | (APRIESTS)* : Fodder is (-f)a(-t)priests, Letter Picker is "naked", Anagrind is "running wild", Definition is "tarts". |
- DBE requires DBEI. |
| 4 | Suyash Roongta | Father's attempts at confectionary (8) | 18 | 11 | Def - Confectionary. PAS (Father's) + TRIES (attempts). |
- (confectionEry) |
| 5 | Satyen Nabar | Model avoiding tarts, pies, crackers and baked goods (8) | 17 | 10 | (TARTS PIES)* - T; model=T, avoiding= del ind, crackers= anag ind, defn= baked goods | |
| 6 | amrita majumdar | Spent time baking tarts, pies and cakes (8) | 16 | 11 | TARTS+ PIES *-T, cakes -def |
- "Spent time" suggests removal of every T - DBE requires DBEI. |
| 7 | Samit kallianpur | Wild parties on Saturday....We all love 'em! [8] | 16 | 11 | [Pastrie* S]. Wild = anagrind. Saturday = S. Def = We all love 'em |
- We all love ‘em is too vague as def - “We all love ’em!” seems too vague to me as a hint at the meaning |
| 8 | Veera Raghavan | Parties arranged with sweets finally for desserts (8) | 12 | 11 | PARTIES* (sweet)S. Def: desserts | |
| 9 | @inwitinwit | Assorted pies, with half a strudel perhaps? (8) | 12 | 8 | (PIES + A STR)*. "half A STRudel" = A STR. Anagrind: "Assorted". Def: the whole clue. Semi-&lit. | |
| 10 | Sowmya Ramkumar | What one’s eaten producing spare tires on the sides? (8) | 12 | 5 | &Lit with the whole clue as Def. Anagram of SPARE T..S around I (one). Eaten - Container Ind., Producing - Anagram Indicator |
- "producing" doesn''t work as an anagrind in this construct. It generally works in a construct of this type - |
| 11 | Sumptuous repast is complete with desserts (8) | 11 | 7 | Desserts = Definition Anagram= (REPAST IS)* Anagrind = complete Anagram Fodder = Repast is |
- "Sumptuous" seems to play no role in the clue, "complete" does not work as an anagrind, "with" doesn''t work as a connector between subsidiary indication and definition - Nice clue, but how is ''complete'' an anagrind? - Role of Sumptuous? Also not convinced of “complete” as anagrind - Role of "Sumptuous"? - Not sure about “complete” as an anagrind. (“Prepared”, “concocted”, or “ordered” would fit nicely here) - what is the role of sumptuous? |
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| 12 | Macron's not one to be taken by very French things like croissants (8) | 11 | 7 | PAS + TR(I)ES: PAS = Macron's "not" (French 'pas'); I = "one" to be taken by TRES = "very" French ('très'); def is "things like croissants" |
- Nice! |
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| 13 | Father ordering sister for tarts (8) | 11 | 7 | Def- tarts, father-pa, ordering - anagram indicator for sister- stries |
- “…to make tarts” would have been better |
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| 14 | Society in Pennsylvania judges cakes (8) | 10 | 6 | S in PA+TRIES |
- DBE requires DBEI. |
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| 15 | Fool returns, attempts to make confectionaries (8) | 9 | 7 | Charade: Def - confectionaries, Fool (SAP) returns = PAS + TRIES (attempts) |
- (confectionEry) |
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| 16 | Spooner's lost portion of cakes (8) | 9 | 6 | Lost: Stray; portion: piece; Spoonerism of Stray piece: Pastries; Definition: cakes |
- Piece ends with a soft c sound, whereas pastries ends with a z sound - Stray peas might have worked better for pronunciation? - DBE requires DBEI. |
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| 17 | Tarts are fancy small pies with art(8) | 8 | 6 | Def - Tarts, fancy - anagrind, s(small)+pies+art = pastries |
- DBE requires DBEI. |
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| 18 | Cooks star in 'Baked Sweets & Treats' [8] | 8 | 5 | star* (with cooks as anagrind) in pies (baked sweets) Def = TREATS |
- The anagrind needs to be "Cook" (as an instruction to the solver) or "Cooked" (as an adjective) |
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| 19 | Hungry pirates gulped strawberries first with pies (8) | 6 | 5 | Defn is pies, hungry is anagrind, pirates* containing S(trawberries) |
- "with" doesn''t work as a connector between subsidiary indication and definition - How is Hungry an anagrind? - “Hungry” as an anagrind seems like a bit of a stretch. (And there are so many other things pirates could be that would work nicely in the surface—“frenzied”, “riotous”, etc.) - DBE requires DBEI. |
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| 20 | Rum's the essential ingredient of tarts, pies and cakes (8) | 6 | 5 | Rum - anag ind. Fodder - S + ART (the essential ingredient of Tarts) + PIES . Def - cakes |
- "the essential ingredient of Tarts" is R - DBE requires DBEI. |
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| 21 | Former king is eating energy cakes (8) | 6 | 4 | PAST (former) + R (king) + IS around E(energy), def = cakes |
- DBE requires DBEI. |
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| 22 | Father and sister baked samosas | 6 | 4 | Pa sister* def:samosas |
- Needs definition by example, since Samosa is a type of pastry - Samosas needs a def by example indicator - DBE requires DBEI. - Could use a DBEI (and “fried” would be a better anagrind for the surface, as that’s how samosas are normally made) |
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| 23 | Sweet secretary makes an effort to grab endorsement essentially | 5 | 4 | Def: Sweet, secretary = pa, makes an effort = tries, endorsement essentially = s, grab is container indicator |
- number mismatch: pastries = plural, sweet = singular. |
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| 24 | Exotic patisserie, that is you leave with these | 3 | 2 | (patisserie - I.e.(that is))* |
- Patisserie and Pastry have the same root - Same root issue—“pastries” and “patisserie” are cognates |
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| 25 | Breads or buns - prepare as per ISO, leaving nothing for a bit of taste(8) | 2 | 2 | Definition: Breads or buns. Anno: (AS+PER+IS(-O)+T)*. Anagrind: Prepare. Deletion indicator: Leaving. Nothing=O. A bit of taste=T. | ||
| 26 | Repast is ordered: Croissants, tarts, spanakopita, strudel and other treats from the bakery (8 ) | 0 | 6 | anagram fodder: Repast is; indicator: ordered; Definition: Croissants, tarts, spanakopita, strudel and other treats from the bakery | ||
| 27 | A clown is back with attempts to get baked foods (8) | 0 | 3 | Pas= clown is back. Tries= attempts. (PAS TRIES) | ||
| 28 | Tarts perhaps strip - short easy play! (8) | 0 | (STRIP + EAS (easy -y, short))*, play is the anagram indicator; Definition by example |