| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sparsh Sinha | Boozy actor regularly seen with two models at bar (7) | 32 | 14 | Def - bar : Boozy actor regularly seen - (b)o(o)z(y)a(c)t(o)r + TT(two models) = Boycott | |
| 2 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Young man arrested - reportedly with model in bar (7) | 24 | 15 | BOY + COT (caught, indicated by reportedly) +T; Definition Bar | |
| 3 | N Anantakrishnan | Young man reportedly grabbed model in bar (7) | 22 | 13 | Young man - BOY . Reportedly - homophone indicator - grabbed = caught = COT model - T . Def - bar | |
| 4 | Thejaswi Udupa | Stay away from this Test cricketer | 17 | 10 | DD. Surface appropriate given Geoff Boycott's history of domestic abuse | |
| 5 | Ganesh Raman | Tycoon contracted tuberculosis, ordered to abstain from work | 17 | 9 | Tycoon contracted (TYCOO) Tuberculosis (TB); Ordered (ANAGRIND); DEF: Abstain from work | |
| 6 | Raj Jayaram | Former English cricketer’s lad reportedly nabbed (7) | 16 | 11 | Former English cricketer = BOYCOTT = def; lad = BOY; reportedly nabbed = hp of “caught” = COTT |
- son may work better than lad |
| 7 | Maya Sharma | Ban youth before bed time(7) | 16 | 9 | Definition is ban, youth is boy, bed is cot, time is t | |
| 8 | Samit kallianpur | Spooner's mum invested in a bar (7) | 16 | 9 | Spoonerism of coy bought = Boycott. Mum = Coy. Invested in = bought. Def = bar. [Source: Collins] |
- Is mum = coy? - How is mum=coy? |
| 9 | VENKATESAN P | Ban tiny bandicoots straying, killing Indians(7) | 16 | 7 | Definition: Ban. Anno: (TINY+BANDICOOTS-INDIANS)*. Anagrind: Straying. Deletion indicator: Killing |
- Epic |
| 10 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Lad wanting bed and breakfast ultimately joins bar (7) | 14 | 7 | Def: Bar, BOY+COT+T |
- "joins" as a connector between wp and def? |
| 11 | Outlaw in black Toyota caught slyly leaving area (7) | 13 | 10 | (B TOYOTA C)* - A; black= B, caught= C, slyly= anag ind, leaving=del ind, area= A, defn= outlaw | ||
| 12 | Son caught about to enter in bar | 10 | 5 | Son:boy, caught:ct, about to:to<= enter in: container def:bar | ||
| 13 | Firm bars youth initially for no-show (7) | 9 | 6 | (CO TT) <=> BOY. Def: no-show | ||
| 14 | Avoid prudish humanoid says Reverend | 9 | 5 | Def: Avoid Spooner of prudish COY BOT humanoid | ||
| 15 | Charlie goes in shaking booty – then he leaves the bar (7) | 8 | 6 | BOY(C)OT+T: "Charlie" = C (NATO alphabet), "goes in" = containment, "shaking booty" = rearranged to BOYOT, "then he leaves T(he)" = followed by T, "bar" = boycott (definition) |
- The Bar is a bit of a stretch but cute surface |
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| 16 | Sanction the boy on bed to start with (7) | 8 | 4 | Def on Left; 'BOY' on 'COT'(bed) 'T'o start with | ||
| 17 | Fellow human who doesn't drink had company in bar | 6 | 5 | Def: BAR; Fellow=BOY, human who doesn't drink=TT (Teetotaller) with CO inside | ||
| 18 | Blacklist bold, outlandish, young crew, initially attached to Netflix, for example (7) | 5 | 4 | Definition- Blacklist BOYC First letters of Bold, Outlandish, Young, Crew indicator - Initially Plus OTT - Netflix for example Indicator - Attached to | ||
| 19 | Shun hooligan moving back to Colorado to get tees (7) | 5 | 4 | Shun = def. BOY (yob reversed) + CO (abbr. for Colorado) + TT (homophone) | ||
| 20 | Expel the chap for losing the cotton ends (7) | 5 | 4 | expel = Definition ; chap = BOY; losing the cotton ends = COTT |
- "losing the cotton ends" does not translate to COTT - should be "cotton losing the ends" or something similar. |
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| 21 | Cocktail of basically brandy, orange curacao, finally whiskey with a bit if olive - teetotaller to abstain (7) | 5 | 3 | Basically Brandy, Orange Curacao: boc; finally whiskey: y; cocktail: Anagrind; (bocy)* - boyc; bit of olive: o; teetotaller: tt; boyc + O + tt; Definition: abstain | ||
| 22 | Black bootcut pants got back from holiday for the young at heart (7) | 4 | 3 | Black-def, Bootcut * (pants anagrind )+ Y (back from holiday) - U ( yoUng) | ||
| 23 | Spooner's shy app is a war on business | 4 | 3 | "Coy Bot" ~= "Shy App" | ||
| 24 | Displaced cowboys with short undershirts, missing the southwest, refuse to buy beef. | 4 | 3 | Definition: refuse to buy beef= BOYCOTT, anagram of COWBOYS without SW (missing SouthWest); short undershirts = TT; | ||
| 25 | Don't play with Geoffrey! | 3 | 8 | Double definition: Don't play with = D1 Geoffrey = D2 |
- Clever. Difficult reference for this American, though! - I dont get it |
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| 26 | Say no to hash (hard !), tobacco, yet occasionally avoid cha (7) | 2 | 1 | Hash (verb, anagrind indicator), Fodder - H, TOBACCO, YeT, Avoid - Deletion indicator, Say no to (Defn) - (H TOBACCO YT)*-CHA | ||
| 27 | Spooner's timid automaton in bar (7) | 0 | 5 | COY BOT Spoonerism of BOY COTT. Def: Bar |
- Nice spoonerism but "timid automaton" doesn''t sound natural. |