| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Beginning from MacLean’s latest (1,5,5) | 23 | 12 | Def: Beginning, HIPS (m{A CLEAN SLATE}est | |
| 2 | Abhay Phadnis | MacLean’s latest collection shows a fresh start (1,5,5) | 22 | 12 | Definition: “A fresh start”; Wordplay: the words “mACLEAN’S LATEst” contain (“collection shows”) the answer | |
| 3 | samit kallianpur | Ten lacs can give you everything you need, for a fresh start (1, 5, 5) | 22 | 11 | Letter bank of "ten lacs." Indicator = can give you everything you need. Def = a fresh start |
- Generally not a fan of letter banks but this was superb. Comma was not required |
| 4 | Ganesh Raman | A teen calls a break-up, a fresh start | 20 | 11 | Anagram of “A TEEN CALLS A”; anagrind: BREAKUP, Def: A FRESH START | |
| 5 | N Anantakrishnan | 1AC releases first list/ schedule for a fresh start (1,5,5) | 19 | 10 | (-1) AC LEAN (List) SLATE (schedule). Def - A fresh start |
- Lovely charade |
| 6 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | A senate call to make a new beginning (1,5,5) | 16 | 10 | (A senate call)* indicated by 'make'; Definition: A new beginning | |
| 7 | Textrous | Adult calls teen struggling to get a fresh start (1,5,5) | 14 | 10 | Adult=A, CALLSTEEN* around A, def: fresh start | |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | A tense call made around midday for a fresh start (1, 5, 5) | 14 | 9 | ATENSECALL * around A | |
| 9 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Restart or work after resetting local area networks (1,5,5) | 13 | 7 | Composite Anagram. Anagram of LOCAL AREA NETWORKS = Anagram of OR WORK + A CLEAN SLATE. Anagram indicator: “After resetting” Def: Restart. Surface: Usual IT advice | |
| 10 | Veera Raghavan | Account with Bank’s expired, make fresh start (1,5,5) | 12 | 7 | (AC LEAN’S LATE) Def: fresh start | |
| 11 | Has bath at night after a fresh start | 11 | 9 | CLEANS LATE (has bath at night) after A. |
- This is clever, though there’s technically a same-root problem with using the word “a” in the clue for the word “A” in the answer - Root issue with clean |
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| 12 | A restart botched up LAN. Escalate! (1,5,5) | 10 | 8 | (LAN ESCALATE)*. Anagram indicator - botched up. Def - a restart. | ||
| 13 | Kleptomaniac leans laterally picking up nothing that's old (1, 5, 5) | 9 | 5 | Telescopic = kleptomani A C LEANS LATE rally; def = nothing that's old | ||
| 14 | A note / tip to plan a fresh start (1,5,5) | 8 | 7 | A = A, note = C, tip = LEAN, plan = SLATE (plan / schedule), def = a fresh start |
- Nice device but “to” in the middle of the charade makes plan a verb rather than a noun, which can’t give slate. Perhaps “A note / tip / plan for a fresh start” might work better? |
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| 15 | Broken seal can slow a fresh start (1, 5, 5) | 6 | 5 | (SEAL CAN)* + LATE (‘slow‘) = A CLEAN SLATE (‘a fresh start’), with ‘broken’ as anagrind | ||
| 16 | Account lists past-due obligations, the absence of which this describes (1,5,5) | 6 | 4 | Account = AC; lists = LEANS; past-due = LATE; obligations, the absence of which this describes = Def. | ||
| 17 | None on board can see at all in a storm (1,5,5) | 5 | 4 | (CAN SEE AT ALL)* - anagrind "in a storm", definition "none on board" (like our current leaderboard) | ||
| 18 | Accountant had checked bank's money for a fresh start (1,5,5) | 4 | 3 | Accountant {AC} had{ATE} checked[containing] bank's {LEANS} money {L} ; Defn {a fresh start}; for is a filler for surface hygiene. | ||
| 19 | All acnes cured, eat fresh for a new beginning (1, 5, 5) | 3 | 3 | Def: a new beginning; anagram, allacnes* anagrind: cured; eat* anagind: fresh | ||
| 20 | Cooler runs behind, forces restart (1,5,5) | 2 | 2 | Parse AC (‘cooler’) + LEANS (‘runs’ as in tends toward) + LATE (‘behind’). Def. = restart. | ||
| 21 | Model goes out of a scene at tall building to get a new start(1,5,5) | 1 | 1 | Definition: A new start. Anno: (A+SCENE+AT+TALL-T)*. Model=T. Deletion indicator = Goes out of. Anagrind = Building |