| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samit Kallianpur | Order lunch perhaps, including a little bit of dessert (5) | 27 | 13 | Me(D)al. Lunch perhaps = meal. Including = container ind. A little bit of dessert = D. Def = Order | |
| 2 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Order upended in Israel, a democracy (5) | 27 | 12 | Reverse telescopic, Hidden in "israeL A DEMocracy"<<, Reversal indicator: Upended. Def: Order | |
| 3 | Textrous | Partially redeemed a lucky prize (5) | 23 | 13 | Def: prize, Telescopic ind: Partially, redeeMED A Lucky | |
| 4 | Ganesh Raman | Lemonade leaves one infected with plaque | 20 | 12 | Anagram of LEMONADE - ONE; Anagrind INFECTED; Def PLAQUE | |
| 5 | Vikram Chandrashekar | Meal Daughter cooked as reward(5) | 20 | 10 | Meal D * |
- Love strong contrast between surface and definition |
| 6 | Nathan Townshend | Claimed a lead to carry this? | 20 | 10 | Hidden &lit | |
| 7 | Satyen Nabar | Order lunch boxes - close to famished (5) | 19 | 11 | MEAL around (-famishe)D; lunch= meal, boxes= cont ind, close to= last letter sel ind, defn= order | |
| 8 | Ramesh Swaminathan | Award for Mandela's amazing article stood out (5) | 18 | 11 | Def: award. Mandela - an *. Article = an stood out deletion ind and amazing is anagram ind. | |
| 9 | Adman_i | Laurel ? Comedic half, essentially (5) | 18 | 8 | Laurel (Definition), co(MED)ic, h(AL)f, Reference to one half of Laurel & Hardy, the comedy duo |
- Brilliant ! |
| 10 | Michael Harms | Meritorious emblem decorating able leaders | 17 | 10 | Acrostic &lit |
- Can the acrostic indicator be part of the fodder and do double duty in an &lit? - Missing defn. |
| 11 | Dame dances with large trophy (5) | 13 | 7 | (DAME)* L , def: trophy | ||
| 12 | Starter drinks included in dinner order (5) | 11 | 7 | {ME{D}AL} - Starter Drinks = D included in dinner =MEAL ; Definition=order =Medal | ||
| 13 | Trophy in gold, say, with diamonds for model (5) | 10 | 6 | METAL (gold, say) with D(diamonds) in place of (for) T(model) | ||
| 14 | Prize extracted from jammed almirah (5) | 9 | 6 | Hidden clue - jamMED ALmirah. Indicator - extracted from. Def - prize. | ||
| 15 | Award dream shattered right away when Liberal entered(5) | 9 | 4 | Definition: Award. Anno: (D(-R+L)EAM)*. Right=R. Liberal=L. Away=deletion indicator. Entered= insertion indicator. | ||
| 16 | With the onset of monsoon, exotic deer approached lush fields, perhaps (5) | 8 | 7 | Acrostic. Defn. by example: Fields (Fields Medal awarded for Mathematics). |
- Fields should be capitalized in this case.. |
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| 17 | Ahmed also bagged trophy (5) | 8 | 6 | Telescopic. Reference to Mohsin Ahmed also being an IXL winner. | ||
| 18 | Intervene for audience award (5) | 8 | 6 | Meddle (intervene), hp for Medal indicated by 'for audience'; Definition: award. | ||
| 19 | With power off, stealthily palmed trophy (5) | 7 | 6 | (PALMED-P)*. Stealthily: anagrind. Def: trophy | ||
| 20 | Author achieved a goal ultimately - Nobel, perhaps? (5) | 7 | 5 | ME (Author) + last letters of AchieveD A goaL. Def: Nobel, perhaps? | ||
| 21 | Filmed a lewd display to win one of the top three prizes (5) | 7 | 4 | Hidden: filMED A Lewd; display = indic.; to win one of the top three prizes = medal (verb) | ||
| 22 | Formed a legacy, capturing reward for sporting success (5) | 6 | 4 | Hidden word fodder = for[MED A L]egacy; capturing = hidden word indicator; reward for sporting success = definition of MEDAL | ||
| 23 | Give me legumes for silver | 6 | 3 | Def: silver=medal; ME (given) + DAL (legumes) | ||
| 24 | Badge of honour! (5) | 5 | 2 | DD |
- This seems more like a single definition - How are they two def! Both ate synonyms, imho. |
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| 25 | Tinker with sound order | 4 | 4 | Homophone of meddle (tinker), def - order | ||
| 26 | Dem. reversed a loss to make the podium (5) | 4 | 2 | MED + A + L — def. = “to make the podium” (“Dem.” is a Democrat; “podium” can refer to place on the debate stage) | ||
| 27 | Heart Transplant performed in heavy rock category for a "Metal Disc" prize (5) | 3 | 2 | Change of middle letter (heart transplant) is performed in METAL (heavy rock category) for MEDAL - literally a metal disc prize | ||
| 28 | Badge for acclaimed Alabama regiment within a short time(5) | 1 | 1 | Definition is badge, a telescopic clue, indicator is within |
- What''s the role of "a short time" - There seem to be some words in the clue that are superfluous to the wordplay |
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| 29 | A badge of honour for five hundred who stepped in middle of a lunch! | 0 | 2 | Def: Badge of honour, Five hundred = D, stepped in middle of a lunch = ME(D)AL |