| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | @LowdownCryptic | Doctor can't avoid missing day trip (8) | 45 | 22 | (CAN'T AVOID)* - D (missing day); Doctor is anagrind, trip is definition | |
| 2 | Sparsh Sinha | Nova Scotia, not so fancy for holiday (8) | 40 | 20 | Def - holiday, fancy - anagram indicator, Novascotia - so (not so) = vacation |
- Lovely! - *waves hello from Halifax* - Ha! I think I know who did this :-) |
| 3 | Textrous | Leave case of Viagra carelessly in a cot | 23 | 14 | Def: Leave, case of ViagrA: VA, carelessly: Anagrind, INACOT* | |
| 4 | Ganesh Raman | Oscar resigns from job to take a break | 21 | 12 | Oscar (O) resigns from (deletion indicator); job : VOCATION; to take a (insertion of A) ; Def: BREAK | |
| 5 | Ratna Rao | Head of organisation leaving office for a break (8) | 18 | 11 | Head of organisation O ; synonym of office vocation ; leaving deletion indicator ; vocation -o+a = vacation ; def break |
- "work" would have been better than "office"? |
| 6 | Simon T. Hill | Love is…leaving work for a holiday (8) | 16 | 10 | Love (o) is leaving work (vocation with ‘o’ leaving) for ‘a’ = vacation Def - holiday | |
| 7 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Leave Java cat I once captured (8) | 15 | 9 | Def: Leave, Hidden in Plain Sight | |
| 8 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | I'll quit dithering about a holiday (8) | 15 | 8 | VACILLATION (dithering) - ILL, quit being the deleting indicator; Definition: holiday |
- "about" is not a good connector IMO |
| 9 | Madhusudan H | No temple organized a contemplative retreat (8) | 13 | 7 | {A CONTEMPLATIVE}* - {TEMPLE} = Vacation. Defn : RETREAT |
- What''s the role of No? - Nice one! |
| 10 | Raj Jayaram | Honey becomes extremely horny on this holiday (8) | 11 | 5 | Extremely H(orn)Y = HY, H(one)Y becomes HY on “VACATION” (on “this”, being removal of inner letters), holiday = def |
- Holiday makes honey extremely horny? |
| 11 | Thejaswi Udupa | Hi from Hawaii? | 11 | 5 | VACATION is how Hawaii becomes H(awai)I, and the whole clue also serves as a cryptic definition | |
| 12 | Accountant found in tub with naked prostitutes on holiday (8) | 10 | 7 | CA(accountant) in VAT (tub) + prost(I)tutes + ON , def:holiday |
- “Naked prostitutes” suggests ROSTITUTE rather than I |
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| 13 | Tour into a cave shortly to be arranged (8) | 9 | 7 | Tour: definition. [into a cav(e)]*. To be arranged: anagrind | ||
| 14 | Leave job in American capital for nothing | 8 | 6 | Definition: Leave, job = VOCATION, American capital (A) for (O) nothing |
- Isn’t V[O→A]CATION more like “American capital for nothing in job” than “job in American capital for nothing”? |
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| 15 | Original Valentino raincoat unpacked right away on holiday (8) | 8 | 6 | V + RAINCOAT* -R |
- "on" as connector does not work IMO |
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| 16 | This makes outlook OK for a holiday (8) | 7 | 6 | Def - holiday. Reverse wordplay - vacation of outlook leads to OK. | ||
| 17 | Vatican disturbed by oxygen infusion during recess (8) | 7 | 4 | Anagram clue, [Vatican ]+ Oxygen infusion = Insert [O], Anagram indicator - Disturbed, Definition- Recess |
- Surface story does not make much sense IMO |
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| 18 | Holiday of accountant's restrained by value added tax and charge (8) | 6 | 5 | Accountant CA in VAT value added tax + ION charge. Def: holiday | ||
| 19 | Leave job where one gets nothing (8) | 6 | 4 | Def - Leave. Job = vocation with a (one) for o (nothing) | ||
| 20 | Holiday tour around Vatican covering obelisk initially (8) | 6 | 4 | def- holiday, tour around- anagram indicator for Vatican, covering- containment indicator, initially- first letter picking indicator for o from obelisk | ||
| 21 | Work's over ! Goes out for a break (8) | 5 | 4 | Work - Vocation, Work's over - o, Goes out - deletion, for - insertion, V(-o+a)cation - Break (Definition) | ||
| 22 | Chief veterinarian accompanied by, perhaps, a tabby and setter on ‘fur’lough (8) | 5 | 4 | chief veterinarian = V; perhaps a tabby = A CAT; setter = I; on = ON; furlough = def. | ||
| 23 | Former partner quits from difficult excavation tpur(8) | 5 | 3 | Defn is tour, former partner=ex, excavation* -ex | ||
| 24 | Valid beginning with rectified action brings respite (8) | 4 | 3 | Respite = Definition; valid beginning = VA; (ACTION)* = CATION; rectified = anagrind |
- Wouldn’t VA be “valid beginningS”, since it’s two letters? - Valid beginning is V. One more A needs to be clued. |
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| 25 | Break three states controlling ten (8) | 3 | 2 | Break is the def/ three states VA,CA TN / controlling is container indicator/ ten is lO |
- “Three states” seems too vague to be fair to the solver (50 possibilities in the U.S. alone, with multiple abbrs. for some, e.g. CA/Cal./Calif.; 28 in India; 6 in Australia…) |
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| 26 | Recess in virus's head holds a charged particle (8) | 1 | 1 | V+A+CATION ("virus's head" + "a" + "charged particle"). Def: "Recess". |
- “Holds” suggests containment rather than concatenation |
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| 27 | Injured coati boarding truck to take a break(8) | 1 | 1 | Definition: To take a break. Anno: (VA(COATI*)N). Truck=VAN; Injured=Anagrind; Coati= Fodder; Boarding=Insertion indicator |