| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sparsh Sinha | Initially mocked, Australian team create history in tournament (5) | 34 | 18 | Def - tournament, Acrostic clue, initially - acrostic indicator | |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Stadium at Churchgate hosting a game | 27 | 16 | Telescopic; Def on the right | |
| 3 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Part of custom at church marriage (5) | 26 | 15 | Hidden word, indicated by part of. Definition: marriage. | |
| 4 | Amrita Majumdar | Champ nearly beaten around end of cricket game (5) | 18 | 11 | Cham(-p)* around T (end of cricket) , Game-def |
- 2 |
| 5 | Textrous | Some program at Chepauk? (5) | 17 | 10 | Containment &Lit; prograM AT CHepauk |
- 2 |
| 6 | @qpheevr | Harmonize with some of them at Christmas (5) | 16 | 10 | Hidden in “theM AT CHristmas”, as indicated by “some of”; def. = “harmonize with” | |
| 7 | Raj Jayaram | Light meal after taking cheese hummus starters (5) | 16 | 10 | Light = definition of match (as in “give me a light” for “give me a match”); M(eal) A(fter) T(aking) C(heese) H(ummus) acrostic fodder; starters = acrostic indicator |
- 3 |
| 8 | N Anantakrishnan | James Bond's boss - spy without equal (5) | 16 | 9 | James Bond's boss = M spy= Watch - W(with) out - deletion indicator. Def - equal |
- 2 - Nasty but I like it |
| 9 | Sowmya Ramkumar | See leader turning up in tournament (5) | 13 | 10 | See - WATCH, Leader - First letter - W, Turning up - W>M, Def: Tournament | |
| 10 | Nathan Townshend | Show some alarm at child marriage | 12 | 7 | Show some = hiddendicator; alarm at child = fodder; marriage = definition |
- Haha |
| 11 | Chat animatedly after a grand tournament (5) | 10 | 8 | A grand - thousand (M), animatedly - anagrind, Tournament (Definition) - (M)(CHAT)* | ||
| 12 | Tournament in progress; runs being scored by captain in the middle (5) | 10 | 6 | T replaces R in MARCH (progress). Def: Tournament |
- Too Byzantine |
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| 13 | It requires a striker, or a pair (5) | 10 | 6 | Double/Triple Definition: 1. "It requires a striker" = a MATCH (stick), or 2. "a pair" = a MATCH; and 3. entire clue = a (soccer) MATCH, for which your team should have one or two strikers | ||
| 14 | Contest starter | 7 | 3 | DD | ||
| 15 | Man replaces partners to take hold of game (5) | 6 | 4 | Def: GAME. M man instead of SN partners in "to take hold of" = SNATCH | ||
| 16 | How soon you'll hear a thing? It takes time, mate! | 6 | 3 | MACH (How soon you'll hear a thing = speed of sound = Mach), takes T (time) Def - Mate | ||
| 17 | Game of gutless monkfish eating cat at sea (5) | 2 | 2 | Definition: Game. Anno; {M(-ONKFIS)H} around {CAT)*. Gutless - Deletion indicator. Eating - Containment indicator. At sea - Anagrind. | ||
| 18 | Tie agitated cat on outskirts of Munich | 2 | 2 | Defn Tie agitated anagrind cat + mh (outskirts ) | ||
| 19 | Equal with stick may ignite (5) | 1 | 1 | Equal = Match with sick may ignite = (match) stick | ||
| 20 | Contest pairing (5) | 1 | 1 | Double definition |