| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Spirit from a small bottle knocking out one of us (6) | 24 | 13 | Def: Spirit; a small bottle knocking out one = VIAL minus I, of us=OUR | |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Spirit with nutty flavour, not strong (6) | 23 | 11 | FLAVOUR* - F; nutty= anag ind, not= deletion ind, strong= f (abbrev), defn= spirit | |
| 3 | @LowdownCryptic | Balls of moisture in the air making pressure low (6) | 19 | 10 | Def: Balls (meaning courage); moisture in the air = VAPOUR, making P (pressure) L (low) = VALOUR |
- Is L a standard abbreviation for Low? Could not find it in the standard references. Nice clue otherwise. |
| 4 | Amrita Majumdar | Bottle caps from Venice are luxurious objects, usually round (6) | 19 | 9 | Acrostic | |
| 5 | Ramki Krishnan | At Oval ground, you cheer tail-enders demonstrating courage (6) | 17 | 9 | OVAL* = VALO + tail acrostic of yoU cheeR, def = courage. ground = anagram ind, tail-enders = end char ind. "At" is just a connector in surface. |
- "Oval ground" doesn''t read as well as "the Oval ground", but then the clue won''t work. "X tail-ender" doesn''t cut it. You need "X''s tail-ender" or "tail-ender of X" |
| 6 | @qpheevr | Savage warlords injuring hearts and guts (6) | 17 | 9 | Central letters (‘hearts’) of ‘saVAge warLOrds injURing’; def. = ‘guts’ |
- "X heart" doesn''t cut it. You need "X''s heart" or "heart of X" |
| 7 | Ganesh Raman | Renovation of Louvre, for the most part, took a show of courage | 15 | 11 | Anagrind: RENOVATON; Anagram of LOUVR (Louvre for the most part) taking in A; Def: SHOW OF COURAGE |
- "Louvre" doesn''t read the same as "the Louvre", but then the clue won''t work. |
| 8 | Veera Raghavan | Most love a pure heart bursting with spirit (6) | 14 | 9 | (LOV A UR)*. Bursting: anagrind Def: Spirit |
- "X heart" doesn''t cut it. You need "X''s heart" or "heart of X" |
| 9 | Nathan Townshend | Where we go to return our bottle | 14 | 8 | Where we go = LAV; to return = VAL; our = OUR; bottle = def |
- Nice smooth surface! - "our" is half of an already small word. Having it as is in the clue doesn''t clue. |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Grit of gangster entering very old, old city(6) | 12 | 7 | Definition: Grit. Anno: (V)(AL)(O)(UR). Gangster=AL. Very=V, Old=O. Old city=UR |
- "very old, old" ? |
| 11 | Very angry look limits a show of courage | 8 | 5 | V (very) LOUR (angry look) around A. Limits is the containment indicator. Show of courage is the definition | ||
| 12 | A strength displayed in sources of volcano and landslide of Uttarkashi region(6) | 4 | 3 | Definition is a strength displayed , acrostic clue, indicator is sources |
- "strength displayed in sources of volcano"...does not make sense |
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| 13 | Spine has rancid flavour, not fine | 3 | 3 | def = Spine, rancid is anagrind for {FLAVOUR - F} |
- "has" doesn''t work as a connector between definition and subsidiary indication |
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| 14 | Guts: David stealing four ferrets (6) | 2 | 2 | “Guts” is selection indicator & definition |
- "Guts" can''t do double-duty as letter picker and definition |
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| 15 | Pluck out Iron complex for value (6) | 2 | 2 | Def= Pluck, anagrind= complex, subject= for value -fe (out Iron) |
- Doesn''t adequately indicate that Fe needs to be removed from forvalue* |
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| 16 | Bit of liquid covers plastic cap in damp bottle (6) | 1 | 1 | VA(_p+L)OUR Def: Bottle, Damp - VAPOUR, Bit of Liquid - L, Plastic Cap - P |
- "covers" doesn''t work as a substitution indicator |
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| 17 | US State becoming threatening, showing courage (6) | 1 | 1 | VA (US State, Virginia) + LOUR (to become threatening); Definition to the right |
- “becoming threatening” implies LOURING rather than LOUR - "to become threatening" is not the same as "becoming threatening" |
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| 18 | Viva Lou retook, filled with courage (6) | 1 | 1 | Hidden in plain sight - viVALOURetook. Indicator - filled. Def - courage. |
- Who or what is Viva Lou? retook what? |
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| 19 | See top-class displayed by Rohit and Virat at the start in review? that's the spirit | 0 | 2 | Lo u in RAV <= def: spirit |
- G |
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| 20 | Former Batman and us showing courage | 0 | 1 | Join of two clues |
- The annotation is not vey informative |