| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adman_i | Street with a view (5) | 31 | 18 | Street - St, With - and, A view (Definition) | |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Without any young leader in sight, dynasty struggles to exist | 30 | 14 | WITHOUT ANY 'Y' (Young Leader) IN SIGHT = Deletion of letter Y from DYNASTY => DNAST; struggles: ANAGRIND; to exist: DEF (as in to remain valid) | |
| 3 | N Anantakrishnan | Partnership of Sachin Tendulkar and Dravid basically secured win in the end (5) | 26 | 15 | Def - Partnership. Acrostic S T A D getting (wi)N | |
| 4 | tompdavis | Get up last. (5) | 25 | 13 | Double def. To get up is to stand, and to stand (the test of time) is to last. Wordplay on the "last" as the final person to do so. |
- Nitpicking - both meanings seem to derive from a common root. |
| 5 | Satyen Nabar | Suffer in desert after spilling last drop of water (5) | 24 | 11 | STRAND - (wate)R | |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Hosted by best Android platform (5) | 20 | 13 | Hidden word in be(ST AND)roid, def = platform, hosted by is the indicator | |
| 7 | Suyash Roongta | Basically, stick to a notion determinedly (5) | 16 | 9 | (S)tick (T)o (A) (N)otion (D)eterminedly. Acrostic indicator - Basically. &lit clue - e.g. "Where do you stand on X" / "I stand by my claim". | |
| 8 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Basically silly Trump asked nude dancer to lie? (5) | 12 | 6 | Def - Lie (as in exist, be located - Chambers), Acrostic | |
| 9 | Textrous | A shade of brown coated the head of teddy bear (5) | 11 | 7 | Def: bear, A shade of brown: SAND, coated: containment indicator, head of teddy: T | |
| 10 | @qpheevr | Designer’s tan duffel coats have not been altered (5) | 11 | 6 | designer'S TAN Duffel, with “coats” as containment indicator and “have not been altered” as def. (as in “the decisions stand” or “the records stand”) | |
| 11 | Bear runs away from beach (5) | 10 | 9 | STRAND(beach)- R(uns). Def: Bear (v) as in tolerate | ||
| 12 | To begin with senior teacher gets a new key position (5) | 8 | 5 | To begin with= acrostic indicator for senior teacher ,s&t : a=a new =n key =d ; def position | ||
| 13 | If this view was halfway through outing it would be excellent! (5) | 8 | 5 | If STAND (this definition of "view" being the answer) was in the middle of OUTING (halfway through), the result would be OUTSTANDING (excellent) |
- An original approach! |
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| 14 | Weather is average without hints of any rain or drought (5) | 8 | 5 | STAND(-ARD); average = standard; without A(ny), R(ain) & D(rought); Def: Weather. | ||
| 15 | Doctor hasn't left hospital for a spot of dinner and rest (5) | 8 | 5 | Hasn't * -H + D , Rest -def ( in the sense of stop) | ||
| 16 | A partnership where questions are asked | 7 | 4 | DD. A partnership, as in cricket. Where questions ar asked, as in a court. | ||
| 17 | Starting to speak thoughtfully with perspective (5) | 7 | 4 | Defn is perspective, first letters > s t and(with) |
- Starts to would be more appropriate |
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| 18 | Weather? Starting to suddenly pelt down (5) | 5 | 2 | starting to S(uddenly) pelt/TAN D(own - as in a down clue, 1d or 5d etc) Def - Weather | ||
| 19 | Viewpoint, extremely smart with arguments nicely demonstrated from the beginning (5) | 4 | 3 | Def- viewpoint, extremely smart- st , from the beginning - 1st letter picking indicator for a,n,d from arguments,nicely,demonstrated | ||
| 20 | Position held by priest and priestess (5) | 3 | 2 | Container clue, ind : held by, prieST AND, definition: Position |
- "priestess" is extraneous in the clue - What does “priestess” contribute to the wordplay? - What is the role of Priestess? - "priestess" is not contributing to the clue |
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| 21 | Street besides a wood | 2 | 2 | Street:st besides:and def: a wood |
- “besides” doesn’t really work in the surface |
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| 22 | Hungry dinosaurs go back catching black bear(5) | 1 | 1 | Definition: Bear. Anno: (TAN) in (D....S)<--. Hungry=letter deletion indicator (deleting all middle letters of dinosaurs). Going back=Reversal indicator. Black=TAN. Catching=Containment indicator. |
- I thought tan = brown and not black - How does black=TAN? |
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| 23 | Street with park view? | 1 | 1 | ST (street) + AND (with); Definition: park (a place where taxis wait for passengers), view (an attitude towards a particular issue) | ||
| 24 | Place in the middle of stadium mostly was reeking earlier (5) | 1 | 1 | Def: Place. (sta)D(ium)<=>STAN(k) | ||
| 25 | Bear scratched with bear (5) | 1 | 1 | Bear {WITHSTAND} scratched {- WITH} ; Defn: {BEAR} for e.g. "I can't stand the smell of cigarettes" |
- Withstand and stand come from the same root meaning - Seems like a root issue ("withstand" becoming "stand") |
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| 26 | Experience time in beach perhaps (5) | 0 | 8 | Def = Experience T in sand |