| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Children at old complex like the swimming pools (11) | 30 | 15 | (CHILDREN AT O)*; old= o, complex= anag ind, defn= like the swimming pools |
- Great imagery. - It works |
| 2 | Adman_i | Disinfected drip tank regularly contaminated with cholera (11) | 21 | 13 | Disinfected (Definition), Contaminated - anagrind, (D(r)I(p)T(a)N(k), CHOLERA)* |
- Good - Really nice idea, but contaminated as an anagrind... |
| 3 | Thejaswi Udupa | Hector and Linda worked together, cleaned swimming pool | 20 | 11 | (Hector Linda)*, defn - cleaned swimming pool |
- It works |
| 4 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Disinfected dirty rancid hotel (11) | 18 | 9 | Def: Disinfected, RANCIDHOTEL*, Anagram indicator - dirty | |
| 5 | Amrita Majumdar | A bit of curly, long hair not regularly dyed can be bleached | 17 | 8 | (C L HAIR NOT DE)* |
- Good - too many splits |
| 6 | Raj Jayaram | Most pools are such, where one of the Kardashians, say, lost her bottom and went topless (11) | 16 | 7 | Most pools are such = definition of CHLORINATED; one of the Kardashians, say = CHLOE (hp of Khloe); lost her bottom = removal of last letter E; went topless = (-U)RINATED; thus CHLO+RINATED |
- Lol - This made me chuckle - amazing to see a non-anagram idea for such a contrived word, works really well too |
| 7 | Veera Raghavan | Drinking water disinfected as cholera in district’s limits spreads (11) | 15 | 9 | (Cholera in d…t)*. Spreads: anagrind. Drin….disinfected: definition |
- Nice clue, but def is a bit off... - diff anag |
| 8 | Leonard Williams | Disinfected appallingly rancid hotel (11) | 14 | 9 | Anagrind = “appallingly”. Fodder = “rancid hotel”. |
- Neatest surface of the "rancid hotel" class |
| 9 | Hotel with rancid mess has to be disinfected (11) | 13 | 7 | (HOTEL + RANCID)*. Anagram indicator - mess. Def - disinfected. | ||
| 10 | Sort of water the cold rain sprayed (11) | 10 | 4 | Def: Sort of water; thecoldrain* (anagrind: sprayed) |
- I like the cryptic side but the def is weak - diff anagram + props for non-cleaning surface |
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| 11 | Rancid hotel pool disinfected (11) | 7 | 5 | anagram- 'rancid hotel', anagrind- 'pool', def- 'disinfected' |
- "pool" doesn''t suggest rearrangement of letters |
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| 12 | Like some drinking water distilled from the Indian Ocean or North Atlantic? (11) | 7 | 4 | Def is "Like some drinking water" and "distilled from" indicates a Letter Bank of "the Indian Ocean or North Atlantic" |
- Letter Bank clues may work in a grid, but they don''t work in a CWC |
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| 13 | Reaction held exothermically produced this water | 6 | 4 | Reaction held = fodder; exothermically = releasing energy = delete E; produced = anagrind; this water = def; Also &lit, as chlorination is exothermic |
- 1. Why does only one E get released and not both? 2. Also, exothermically doesn''t unequivocally suggest removal of E, since it could mean "releasing heat", in which case H gets released - Nice but not &lit - this water is not part of Wordplay. |
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| 14 | Volatile thiol cleans dirt; it's left disinfected (11) | 6 | 3 | {THIOL CLEANS DIRT - ITS}* |
- I don''t get it - Love volatile as the anagrind. |
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| 15 | Purified DT and cholera outbreak within, within! | 2 | 2 | def = Purified. DT + CHOLERA anagrammed (ind. outbreak) with IN within |
- The surface doesn''t make sense |
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| 16 | Can whole dirt without a bit of water be dissipated and disinfected? (11) | 2 | 2 | Definition: Disinfected. Anno: (CAN+(-W)HOLE+DIRT)*. Anagrind: Be dissipated. A bit of water - W. Deletion indicator - without. | ||
| 17 | Disinfected chicken? Perhaps - devious China retold (11) | 0 | (China retold)* anagram indicated by devious; Definition by example (Disinfected chicken perhaps) |