| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Jayaram | So, US aid made us hard-working? (9) | 26 | 12 | SO US AID: letters to be anagrammed; made: anagram indicator; us: US (letters appearing unchanged); hard-working: definition; (SO US AID)* + US = ASSIDUOUS | |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Hard-working simpleton, accompanying a couple, starts to unload suitcases | 25 | 15 | DEF: Hard-working; simpleton = ASS; a couple = I DUO; Starts to unload suitcases = US |
- Nice clue...but a = i? hmmmm.... not a big fan (a bit indirect..a = one = i) |
| 3 | Textrous | Hard-working model getting fired from a U.S. studio's appalling (9) | 22 | 9 | Def: Hard-working, anagrind: appalling, model: T => AUSSTUDIOS* - T, |
- The ''is'' contraction usage seems off here. |
| 4 | Suyash Roongta | Diligent and studious leaders of student association got excited as model stripped (9) | 21 | 10 | Anagaram of {STUDIOUS + SA (leaders of student association) - T (model stripped)}. Indicator - got excited. Def - diligent. |
- Lol |
| 5 | Ratna Rao | Hardworking couple at University overwhelmed by endless aid (8) | 19 | 10 | Def Hardworking, Couple= duo University =U Endless aid= assis(-t) Overwhelmed by insertion indicator Assi( duo U)s | |
| 6 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Taking great care so Audi's assembled using parts efficiently (9) | 19 | 8 | Def: Taking great care, Fodder: SO AUDI, Type : Letter Bank, Anagram Ind - Assembled, Letter Bank Ind - Using parts efficiently (to indicate repeated use of letters) |
- Nice letter bank and surface! (IMHO, saying it''s assembled using parts "efficiently" doesn''t quite mean the same as using parts "multiple times", but others may see it differently) |
| 7 | @drcheruvarun | Diligent ace spy chief oddly spied upon America (9) | 16 | 8 | Charade, Def: diligent, A (ace) + S (chief letter of spy) + S(-p) +I(-e) +D + U(-p) +O(-n) + US (America) |
- Points for intricate wordplay - "oddly spied upon" would more likely indicate S(p)I(e)D(u)P(o)N - Topical surface reading. But wouldn''t the odd letters in "spied upon" give us SIDPN? |
| 8 | Samit kallianpur | What a studious lass, finally taking a little time out, could be? [9] | 14 | 8 | [A studious s -t]*. Semi &lit. Lass finally = s. Taking a little time out = remove t. Could be = anagrind. Def = whole clue | |
| 9 | Satyen Nabar | Busy couple overwhelmed by issues - a shaky marriage finally fails (9) | 14 | 7 | DUO in (ISSUES A)* - (marriag)E; couple= duo, overwhelmed by= insertion, shaky= anag ind, finally= E (last letter of marriage), fails= deletion ind, defn= busy |
- Not sure about "fails" as deletion indicator. |
| 10 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Couple united in help, endlessly attentive (9) | 12 | 6 | ASSI (DUO (couple) U (united)) S(-t, help); Definition: attentive | |
| 11 | Behind dishevelled studio, model going for first undertaking is careful (9) | 11 | 8 | ASS (Behind) + (STUDIO-T(model)+U(first Undertaking))* |
- "dishevelled" applies to persons, not to places such as a studio. |
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| 12 | Hardworking mule is pregnant with twins and carries you (9) | 11 | 5 | Defn: {HARDWORKING}, Mule {ASS IS} pregnant with {DUO} and carries {U} |
- Nice attempt! HP indicator required, for you? |
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| 13 | Dedicated audio's sampled for 1.5x output? (9) | 10 | 6 | Letter bank AUDIOS (audio's) is "sampled" to make a word 1.5 times longer (9-letter word from 6-letter bank), def is "Dedicated" | ||
| 14 | Diligent ENT is not involved in issues and is out working (9) | 9 | 6 | (ISSUES AND IS OUT - ENT IS)*. Working: anagrind. Definition: diligent | ||
| 15 | Persistent Cassius grabbed a pair after losing first Championship | 9 | 5 | (-C)assi(duo)us; a pair = duo, first championship =C, grabbed is container indicator, Definition: Persistent | ||
| 16 | Hard-working couple heading union overwhelmed by endless support (9) | 8 | 5 | Def- hard-working, couple- duo, heading- positional indicator, union-u, overwhelmed by- containment indicator, endless- last letter deletion indic for support- assist- t | ||
| 17 | Hard-working Cassius lost his head about match | 7 | 5 | (C)ASSI DUO US. Definition - hard-working | ||
| 18 | Be careful! - Idiot's papers are initially under observation of United States (9) | 6 | 5 | Be careful = Definition; Idiot = ASS; papers = ID; under observation of United States = UOUS; initially = Position indicator |
- There''s an extra O in the initialism. |
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| 19 | Hardworking like studious student finally scoring high (9) | 5 | 3 | Hardworking - def, AS STUDIOUS -T Anagrammed | ||
| 20 | Persevering assassin oddly pairs around you reportedly (9) | 3 | 2 | Persevering: Definition; assassin oddly: assi; pairs: duos; you reportedly (homophone indicator): u; Assi + duo(u)s | ||
| 21 | You said not to start using repeatedly and be careful | 2 | 2 | Def: careful letter bank of (ou said) using repeatedly. Surface ref to substance usage. |
- Letter bank clues are rare, so to confuse things by needing a letter removed to get the bank (and having "not to start" refer to [You said]) seems too much of a stretch |
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| 22 | Hard-working, retiring band leader welcoming Sex Pistol outside university (9) | 1 | 1 | Charade: SOUSA (reversed) containing SID and U => AS(SID)UO(U)S. "band leader" = SOUSA. "retiring" = reversal ind. "Sex Pistol" = SID [Vicious]. "university" = U. "welcoming" and "outside" = containment ind. Def: Hard-working. |