| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Practised mum's one-act plays (10) | 32 | 14 | Def: Practised (adj. Chambers), (MUMSONEACT)*, "plays" is the anagrind |
- Very nice! |
| 2 | VENKATESAN P | Superman costume redesigned (10) | 30 | 13 | Definition: Super. Anno: (MAN+COSTUME)*. Anagrind: Redesigned |
- Smooth and concise, but still tricky! Excellent clue - Not kosher to have def as part of a word IMO. Should at least have a ? - Cryptic good. But surface seems abrupt end |
| 3 | Madhusudan H | Accomplished cosmonaut made ground, without ado (10) | 28 | 13 | Defn : {ACCOMPLISHED} {COSMONAUT MADE}* - {ADO} = {CONSUMMATE} ; Anagrind (GROUND} | |
| 4 | Sowmya Ramkumar | A custom men made perfect (10) | 22 | 12 | Def: Perfect. A CUSTOM MEN* Anagram Indicator - MADE | |
| 5 | Suyash Roongta | Perfect scam with partner to bag money (10) | 18 | 12 | CON (scam) with MATE (partner) with SUM inside (bag money). Def - perfect | |
| 6 | @qpheevr | After beginning, romance must somehow conclude (10) | 18 | 10 | Anagram of OMANCE+MUST; “after beginning” clues dropping initial R; “somehow” clues anagram; “conclude” is def. | |
| 7 | Ganesh Raman | Costume man designed, showing great skill | 18 | 10 | Anagram of COSTUME+MAN; Anagrind DESIGNED; Def: SHOWING GREAT SKILL | |
| 8 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Acumen - most mistake as being skilled (10) | 17 | 10 | (Acumen most)*, mistake being the anagram indicator; definition: being skilled (consummate as adjective) | |
| 9 | Sparsh Sinha | Band, essentially must come prepared to perform (10) | 17 | 9 | Def - to perform, prepared - anagram indicator, an(Band, essentially) + must + come = consummate | |
| 10 | N Anantakrishnan | What a praying mantis might do after sex essentially is done with - execute (10) | 12 | 5 | What a praying mantis might do = consume mate - (s)e(x). Is done with - deletion indicator. Def - execute (Chambers) | |
| 11 | Perfect century, playing match without problem (10) | 11 | 6 | C+ ON {SUM} MATE; century= C, playing= on (we're on in a minute), match(v)= mate, without= container ind (without as in outside - the enemy without the gates), problem= sum, defn= perfect | ||
| 12 | To eat endlessly with friend is perfect!10) | 10 | 6 | Defn is perfect , to eat endlessly = consume-e, friend= mate | ||
| 13 | Utter problem, getting trapped in fraud by partner (10) | 9 | 4 | SUM(problem) inside (getting trapped in) {CON (fraud) next to (by) MATE (partner)}. Def: Utter | ||
| 14 | Complete fraud lot running Meta! (10) | 8 | 4 | COMPLETE-DEF, Fraud-CON, Lot-SUM, Meta* | ||
| 15 | Carry out mean custom perversely (10) | 6 | 5 | Carry out def ; perversely anagrind : mean custom* | ||
| 16 | Superb trick some say to get new team (10) | 6 | 4 | Def-superb, trick- con, say- hp indicator for some~ sum, new- anagram indicator for team-mate | ||
| 17 | Man actively involved in playing cat & mouse not a master! (10) | 6 | 4 | (man cat mouse - a)*. Actively, playing: anagrinds. Def: master | ||
| 18 | Perfect romance must exclude essentially corny arrangement (10) | 5 | 4 | Perfect: definition; romance must: fodder; exclude essentially (co)R(ny): remove R; arrangement: anagram indicator (ROMANCE MUST -R)* = CONSUMMATE | ||
| 19 | Perfect geometric shape, having top with area = 1 (10) | 5 | 3 | Def = perfect, geometric shape = CONE, having = container-ind, top = SUMMIT, with area = 1 => A replacing I to give SUMMAT | ||
| 20 | Conclude with a comment US devilishly makes (10) | 4 | 3 | Conclude = definition ; Anagram : (A COMMENT US)* ; devilishly makes = anagrind | ||
| 21 | CRIMINAL, A MODEL IN SHORT SEASON TO ACCOMPLISH | 4 | 1 | (CON)[SUMM(A)(T)E(-R)], TO ACCOMPLISH =DEFN=CONSUMMATE, CRIMINAL=CON, A=A, MODEL=T, SHORT SEASON=SUMME(-R), IN= INCLUSION INDICATOR | ||
| 22 | Expert crook shares an amount of money with crony (10) | 3 | 3 | Crook - Con, An amount of money - sum, Crony - mate, Expert (Definition) - Con(sum)mate |
- What does “shares” contribute to the wordplay? |
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| 23 | Perfect scam, partner keeps score | 3 | 2 | Charade, CON (scam) + SUM (score) + MATE (partner), keeps to indicate insertion. Definition: Perfect | ||
| 24 | Total friend goes after swindler with great skill. (10) | 3 | 2 | Charade. SUM(total)MATE(friend), goes after CON(swindler). Definition "with great skill" as in a 'consummate professional'. | ||
| 25 | Put a lid on and absorb shock within | 3 | 2 | CONSUM MAT)E. Absorb - consumer. |
- The annotation isn’t very clear. (Missing left bracket, and I assume “consumer” is a typo for “consume”, and “shock” = MAT as in “__ of hair”?) |
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| 26 | First-class military medal for lord in the government of the first French republic. | 1 | 1 | Def:first-class. Military medal:mm lord:L mm for L in consulate (first french republic govt). Consu(-l)(+mm)ate | ||
| 27 | Eat inside a rug with great skill and flair | 1 | 1 | CONSUM-mat-E : Mat(rug) placed inside Consume(eat) to mean consummate ( show great skill and flair) |
- The clue says “eat inside a rug”, but the wordplay is ‘rug’ inside ‘eat’ |