| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramki Krishnan | The best of Youtube reels (4) | 31 | 17 | Hidden word in Yout(UBE R)eels, def = the best | |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Tube rider has a faster option? (4) | 26 | 14 | "T(ube r)ider" - telescopic ("has"), definition "a faster option?" (Uber may be faster than subway) |
- clever! |
| 3 | Thejaswi Udupa | Exceptional variety of peeled potatoes | 26 | 12 | Defn - exceptional variety (Ref: Chambers), peeled potatoes = tUBERs | |
| 4 | Nathan Townshend | Are busdrivers overbearing? Get a taxi! | 23 | 14 | Are busdrivers = fodder; overbearing = reversal and hidden indicator; get = link; a taxi = def |
- Respect for the double duty overbearing does here! - Telescopic clues need not have the connector "Get A" |
| 5 | Veera Raghavan | Outstanding returns in more businesses! (4) | 19 | 11 | Reverse container clue. Def: outstanding | |
| 6 | Satyen Nabar | Software business set up, featuring taxi service (4) | 18 | 13 | Reverse hidden word, semi-&lit, Down clue; set up= down rev ind, featuring= cont, defn= taxi service (with whole clue as extended defn) | |
| 7 | Textrous | Great starters in underrated bistro excited reviewers (4) | 17 | 11 | Def: Great; first letters of "underrated bistro excited reviewers" | |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | Unfinished puzzle lying around in taxi (4) | 14 | 9 | Puzzle=Rebus - S ( unfinished) < ( lying around= reversal indicator) Taxi- def | |
| 9 | Adman_i | Potato Head is missing? That's outrageous ! (4) | 14 | 7 | Potato - Tuber, Head is missing - Uber, Outrageous (Definition), Potato Head - reference to famous toy | |
| 10 | Ganesh Raman | Were buses brought back to contain a disruption in the transportation sector, perhaps | 11 | 6 | Reversal (BROUGHT BACK) of 'WERE BUSES'; TO CONTAIN (telescopic); Def by example: A disruption in the transportation sector, perhaps |
- Good reverse T but def could have been better |
| 11 | App, perhaps for beginners of upper body exercise regime (4) | 8 | 7 | Def - App, perhaps, beginners of - acrostic indicator, acrostic clue. | ||
| 12 | Rube ordered a lift (4) | 8 | 4 | Anagram |
- Nice! Concise! |
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| 13 | A bit of excitement during massage from top to bottom in taxi-ride (4)R)UB (E) (+R) def: taxi-ride | 7 | 4 | (-R)UB (E) (+R) def: TAXI-RIDE RUB = massage | ||
| 14 | Gold taken away from broken bureau by transportation company (4) | 5 | 5 | Def: Transportation company. Annotation: {BURE(-AU)}*. Au - Gold. Taken away - Deletion indicator Broken - Anagrind. | ||
| 15 | Twisted neverending rebus is superior | 5 | 4 | Def: superior. Rebus-s (neverending) = uber reversed (twisted) | ||
| 16 | Prefix used before extreme royal for starters | 3 | 3 | Semi&lit acrostic | ||
| 17 | Polish cycles going around European taxi (4) | 3 | 3 | Def: Taxi, E - European in RUB <—> U B R, | ||
| 18 | Club errant? Nurse in Taxi (4) | 2 | 1 | clUB ERrant; Nurse meaning to hold or harbour (as in a belief or feeling) is the indicator for the hidden word construction (this indicator is used in Times Cryptic for hidden word)) |
- Should be ''commit to'' - "in" is redundant. Telescopic clues need not have a connector between wp and def IMO |
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| 19 | Potato with sprig of thyme slurped cab | 1 | 1 | def=cab. Potato = {TUBER} - {T} (sprig of Thyme) slurped indicates removal |
- Should be ''commit to'' - The surface makes no sense |
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| 20 | Lift provider here and over in Germany, I heard | 0 | 4 | (Double definition … without the umlaut required in German!) |
- The umlaut lol... cute technicality but I hate it |
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| 21 | This cabbies engine maintains lube regularly | 0 | 1 | This cabbie (uber) maintains lube regularly(hidden word uber) | ||
| 22 | Freshman reorientation | 0 | Rearrangement of the letters of RUBE |
- Is this an indirect anagram? Or did I miss a trick? - There''s no definition part, which makes it doubly difficult with the indirect anagram. - Indirect anagram? |