| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Pioneer, he worked with initiators of Manhattan Project (11) | 37 | 17 | &lit clue; {PIONEER HE + M(-anh...) P(-roj...)}* | |
| 2 | Sree Sree | Bad men hire pope to be father of a Little Boy! | 34 | 15 | (Men+hire+pope)* bad as anagram indicator. Def fathwr of a little boy (nuclear bomb) | |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | Scientist with protective gear, enters home in complex with hesitation (11) | 23 | 11 | Def = scientist, PPE (protective gear) inside HOMEIN* + ER (hesitation), complex = anagrind | |
| 4 | N Anantakrishnan | Scientist prepared extremely pure morphine - source of euphoria (11) | 20 | 11 | Def - Scientist. [ P (ur) E Morphine E(uphoria) ] * | |
| 5 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Scientist takes morphine as and when needed (11) | 20 | 9 | Def: Scientist, Letter bank = morphine (morphine has all the letters required to make Oppenheimer), with "takes___ as and when needed" as the letter bank instruction | |
| 6 | Adman_i | Noted theoretical physicist to mope and repine about H-bombs (11) | 16 | 11 | Noted theoretical physicist (Defn), mope & repine (anagram fodder), bombs(anagrind meaning fails), MOPE(H)REPINE*, &lit clue (Oppenheimer opposed H-bombs) |
- Not &lit - noted theoretical physicist is not part of wordplay |
| 7 | Textrous | He rips open 'em bombs, killing millions in the end (11) | 15 | 7 | &Lit; HERIPSOPENEM*-S, anagrind:bombs, millions in the end:S | |
| 8 | BINAY KUMAR PATRA | Samples of Morphine recurrently taken by the mad scientist | 14 | 8 | A letterbank clue | |
| 9 | Raj Jayaram | New Empire: “Phone for just released movie!” | 12 | 7 | New: anagram indicator; empire phone: fodder; just released movie: definition; surface ref: New Empire cinema theatre in Bombay | |
| 10 | Thejaswi Udupa | Scientist mixed morphine with pee | 11 | 6 | (MORPHINE PEE)* | |
| 11 | Famous nuclear physicist from US leaving Europe's hip men in a delirious state | 10 | 7 | Def: FAMOUS NUCLEAR PHYSICIST; Anagram of (EUROPE'S HIP MEN minus US) ; Anagrind : IN A DELIRIOUS STATE | ||
| 12 | As prime mover initially and pioneer he built the atomic bomb (11) | 10 | 6 | P... M... PIONEER HE* &lit clue |
- Not &lit - the atomic bomb is not part of wordplay - Not sure if it works as &lit - "the atomic bomb" is not part of wp |
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| 13 | Hemp pioneer beaten up by nuclear scientist (11) | 6 | 4 | Def - nuclear scientist, beaten up - anagram indicator, hemp + pioneer = Oppenheimer | ||
| 14 | Invisibility cloak, for one, carried by Hermione to shake Death, the destroyer of worlds. (11) | 4 | 2 | PPE (Personal protective equipment - Invisibility cloak, for one) inside (carried by) ONHEIMER (Hermione to shake). Def on the right, referencing the quote. | ||
| 15 | Scientist and me pop in here to conduct experiments (11) | 3 | 2 | Scientist -def; mepopinhere*, to conduct experiments- anagram indicator | ||
| 16 | Physicist opposed endless frenemies' hydrogen bombs (11) | 2 | 2 | OPP (RENEMIE H)* Opposed = OPP; endless = delete both ends (-f)RENEMIE(-s); bombs = anagrind |
- opp is the abbr for opposing and not opposed IMO |
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| 17 | Work writer messed up here with note to Julius | 1 | 1 | {OP=Work}{PEN=writer}{HERE+MI*} = {OP}{PEN}{HEIMER} | ||
| 18 | Atomic scientist's Supreme i-Phone lost outside US counter(11) | 1 | 1 | Definition: Atomic scientist. Anno: {(-SU)PREME+IPHONE}*. Anagrind: Lost. Deletion indicator: Outside. US counter= SU. | ||
| 19 | Movie’s new premiere open; basically has no extremes of romance (11) | 1 | 1 | Def: Movie. New: anagrind. (PREMIERE OPEN H - R…E)* | ||
| 20 | Trinity scientist: Unfinished opera about evolution of him and sources of Plutonium nucleus' explosive energy (11) | 0 | OPER(-a) containing (HIM + P(lutomium) N(ucleaus) E(xplosive) E(nergy), letter picking indicated by sources)* , anagram indicated by evolution; Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. |