| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Man at women's topless party has a torrid time! (8) | 36 | 15 | Def: A torrid time!, HE AT W (-r)AVE |
- Haha nice one...Ideally, that man = he? |
| 2 | Veera Raghavan | We have a final test to be played in the hot spell (8) | 21 | 12 | [WE HAVE A (tes)T]*. To be played: anagrind. Def: hot spell | |
| 3 | N Anantakrishnan | Husband and wife consuming Esctasy at topless party ? It's happening all over Europe now (8) | 21 | 10 | H ( E at) W (-R)Ave Def - It's.... Europe now | |
| 4 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Unusual weather abruptly brings in a very high-temperature condition (8) | 19 | 12 | (WEATHE(-r))* (indicated by unusual and abruptly) + (containing (brings in)) A V (very); Definition: high-temperature condition | |
| 5 | Ramki Krishnan | Terrible, essentially savage weather, not a drop of rain (8) | 19 | 10 | Anagram of (-sa)VA(-ge) + WEATHER -R (not a drop of Rain), whole clue intended to be the def |
- Nice! |
| 6 | Satyen Nabar | Keep drinking endless water perhaps to survive this? (8) | 17 | 11 | HAVE (keep) around WATE(-r)*; semi-&lit | |
| 7 | Lakshmi Vaidyanathan | Keep consuming a lot of water, perhaps in dry and hot weather (8) | 16 | 11 | Def- dry and hot weather, keep-have,consuming- containment indicator, a lot of- last letter deletion indicator, perhaps- anagram indicator for wate | |
| 8 | Textrous | When it's really warm, maybe have water endlessly (8) | 16 | 11 | Def: When it's really warm; anagram of HAVEWATE(-R) | |
| 9 | Suyash Roongta | Cross-weave hat for high summer (8) | 16 | 10 | {WEAVEHAT}*. Anagram indicator - cross. Def - high summer. | |
| 10 | Ganesh Raman | Have a lot of water to adjust to this extreme climatic condition | 13 | 9 | &lit; Anagram of HAVE WATE (''LOT OF" for last letter deletion); Anagrind: TO ADJUST; Def on the right |
- Not sure if "a lot of" is precise enough to indicate just deletion of last letter. |
| 11 | Thejaswi Udupa | Bad weather? Consume wraps, consume whiskey! | 13 | 7 | Def - Bad weather. HAVE (consume) wraps EAT (consume) W (whiskey in NATO alphabet) | |
| 12 | What Eve and Adam initially fabricated for hot weather (8) | 10 | 7 | Def - hot weather, what + eve + a(Adam initially) , fabricated - anagram indicator= heatwave | ||
| 13 | Have water splashed right away to counter temperatures rising due to this (8) | 10 | 6 | Have water = fodder; splashed = anagram indicator; right away = remove R; (HAVE WATER - R)*; semi-&lit with “this” referring to HEATWAVE |
- "counter" isn''t part of wordplay or definition |
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| 14 | Have mostly water cocktail to combat this! | 8 | 6 | *havewate(-r), cocktail is the anagrind, Definition: this |
- "water cocktail" sounds odd. Otherwise nice clue! |
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| 15 | “Endless Paradise” includes a trigger warning: it can cause delirium and fainting (8) | 8 | 3 | HE(ATW)AVE = HEAVEn (“paradise”) minus its final letter (“endless”), with A and TW (common abbr. for “trigger warning”) inserted. Def. after the colon (symptoms of hyperthermia) | ||
| 16 | Have entertaining lunch, perhaps with long baking time? (8) | 6 | 3 | H(EAT+W)AVE –> HAVE entertaining EAT ("lunch, perhaps" as a verb) + W ("with"); punny definition "long baking time" (extended period of "baking" temperatures) | ||
| 17 | We've dealt with that extreme weather. (8) | 5 | 2 | (We've that)*; dealt= anagram indicator; def.: extreme weather |
- Anno doesnt add-up. Extra T and short a - nice try..''dealt with'' can be anagrind for ''We''ve'' or ''that''..not sure how it works for both - Anagram fodder has 2 Ts instead of 2 As |
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| 18 | Have a wet, abnormal spell in hot weather (8) | 4 | 3 | (Have a wet) - Anagram fodder, Abnormal spell (Anagrind indicating the spelling is abnormal), Hot weather (Definition) | ||
| 19 | Redistricting the way (mostly onto short avenue)—it can turn the map red? (8) | 4 | 2 | HEATWA[-y]*+AVE; "redistricting" anagrind; "the way mostly" for the THEWA fodder; avenue abbreviated as AVE; "it can turn the map red" as in a weather map | ||
| 20 | Hot weather endlessly around virginia | 3 | 3 | Extnded def. Hot as anagrind weathe* around VA |
- Nice clue..but weathe* is around AV not VA |
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| 21 | Have a wet ground in hot weather(8) | 2 | 2 | Definition: Hot weather. Anno: (HAVE+A+WET)*. Anagrind: Ground. | ||
| 22 | We have a temperature, steaming in hot spell (8) | 2 | 1 | Anagram (Steaming) of WEHAVEAT* T= temperature . Def: Hot spell. | ||
| 23 | Sowed wheat during a heartlessly vile extreme weather (8) | 1 | 1 | Defn is extreme weather, anag of wheat* + a v e |