| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Starts to eat uncooked rice, gets loose motion (7) | 31 | 16 | (E U R GETS)*; starts to= 1st letters of E(at) U(ncooked) R(ice), loose= anag ind, defn= motion |
- LOL surface! |
| 2 | Sparsh Sinha | Signal engineer gets queried regularly (7) | 22 | 14 | Def - signal, engineer - anagrind, gets + ure (queried regularly) = gesture | |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | Action from government to restore trees around University (7) | 21 | 14 | Def = action, government = G, restore = anagram ind, around = container ind, university = U, G + TREES* around U | |
| 4 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Company certain to introduce model in exhibition (7) | 20 | 12 | Anno: GE S(T)URE Company= GE, Certain= SURE, to introduce = container indicator, Model =T. Def: Exhibition | |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Wave and greet us animatedly (7) | 19 | 14 | Def: Wave, Anagram of GREET US* |
- Short and sweet |
| 6 | Amrita Majumdar | Unhinged guest discharged rifle at demonstration ( 7) | 19 | 11 | Guest* r(-idl) e , demonstration-def | |
| 7 | cnoocy | Greet us awkwardly with movement of hands | 17 | 10 | (GREET US)* | |
| 8 | Ganesh Raman | Chop trees? Ugh, Heartless act! | 17 | 10 | Anagram of (TREES UGH minus H); Anagrind: CHOP; Def: ACT | |
| 9 | Michael Harms | Get user confused with right swipe, say | 11 | 6 | def = "right swipe, say" an anagram of GET USER | |
| 10 | Textrous | Act surprisingly regulates deporting the French (7) | 10 | 7 | Def: Act; anagram of REGULATES - LA (the French) | |
| 11 | Veera Raghavan | Move by worried Guterres, seeing no end of war (7) | 10 | 7 | (Guterres-r)*. Worried: anagrind. Def: Move (in The UN) |
- Good surface, but "seeing no end of war" may suggest removing both Rs, not just one? |
| 12 | @LowdownCryptic | Strange urge to circle error on street sign (7) | 10 | 7 | URGE* (strange) to go around E (error) on ST (street); "to circle" is container indicator; "sign" is definition | |
| 13 | Street guy endlessly getting drunk at signal (7) | 9 | 7 | (STREE(t) GU(y))*, Getting drunk - anagrind, Signal (Definition) | ||
| 14 | Sign in front of room entrance confused guest at first (7) | 9 | 7 | RE (front of room entrance) preceded by GESTU (confused guest at first). Def - sign. | ||
| 15 | Wave to excited guest again(7) | 9 | 6 | Definition is wave, excited is anagrind, Guest* + re(again) |
- Wave from… would have been perfect |
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| 16 | Unruly guest about to move (7) | 9 | 5 | (GUEST)* indicated by unruly + RE; Definition: Move (as in an action performed to convey a feeling or intention) | ||
| 17 | Shrug to vaguely greet us (7) | 8 | 4 | Anagram of 'greet us', anagrind- vaguely, def- shrug | ||
| 18 | Firm and certain about time show (7) | 4 | 3 | GE SURE AROUND T/ SHOW AS DEF | ||
| 19 | Wave arms, greet us dancing!(7) | 2 | 2 | Definition: Wave arms. Anno: (greet+us)*. Dancing - Anagrind | ||
| 20 | Rebel greets union leadet and Bob perhaps | 2 | 2 | Greets+u)* rebel:anagrind. Bob perhaps:gesture | ||
| 21 | Grotesque old gadget-maker rejected poor peace offering | 2 | 2 | Grotesque = fodder; O, Q rejected; poor = anagrind; peace offering = def | ||
| 22 | Signal for a stew in the middle with a Hero to a pretty woman | 1 | 2 | Word sound and insert |
- Homophone indicator is missing. |
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| 23 | Signal adventure on Rue Folle (7) | 1 | 1 | Def. = signal (indication, but also notable). GEST + URE (anag.) Anagrind is “folle,” French for “crazy.” | ||
| 24 | Sign agreements carelessly, leaving false name with basic unconcern (7) | 1 | 1 | Sign = definition; agreements carelessly = anagram of AGREEMENTS; leaving false name = remove letters N,A,M,E in any order; with = including; basic U(nconcern) = first letter of unconcern; making (AGREEMENTS - NAME)*+U = GESTURE | ||
| 25 | Wave to greet Uber mistakenly (7) | 0 | 3 | Definition on the left: Wave. Greet + U(ber) anagram indicated by mistakenly. |
- Missing S - S missing in foDder - How do you get the S? - Where is S in the fodder? - Missing S in fodder, also why is Uber =U? |
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| 26 | Beckon unruly guest first | 0 | Definition - Beck (as in beck and call), on - RE, unruly (guest)* = GESTU first. |
- Clever but a bit unfair! |