| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Party supporter involved in rigging election (11) | 28 | 15 | BRA in ELECTION*; supporter= bra, involved in= insertion ind, rigging= anag ind, defn= party |
- "rigging" doesn''t work since an election can''t rig itself. "rigged" works. - Would “rigged” work better for the anagrind? - grammar unfortunately is off, rigging is not intransitive and doesn''t work as anagram indicator used in this way |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Fiesta car line to be trashed (11) | 21 | 12 | Def: fiesta, (CAR LINE TO BE)*, anagrind: trashed. Surface ref: Ford’s Fiesta car line was discontinued (trashed) in 2023. |
- Great surface, taut clue without any extraneous word - A different take and original, and the Ford Fiesta line was indeed trashed |
| 3 | VENKATESAN P | Party election abandoned without support (11) | 20 | 12 | Definition: Party. Anno: (CELE(BRA)TION*). Fodder: ELECTION. Anagrind: Abandoned. Support=BRA. Without - Containment indicator |
- apart from the C, all letters come in same order in the fodder, not ideal imo |
| 4 | Ratna Rao | Fresh rice on table for party (11) | 19 | 13 | (rice on table)* ; party def | |
| 5 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Cold Latino beer rocks party (11) | 18 | 13 | C (Cold) + (LATINO BEER)* indicated by rocks; Definition: Party |
- a small issue in construction: rocks is intransitive in the sense used, so it should be ''rocks in party'' rather than ''rocks party'' |
| 6 | Suyash Roongta | Party reallocated cabinet role (11) | 17 | 14 | Anagram of (CABINET ROLE). Indicator: reallocated. Def: Party. | |
| 7 | Amrita Majumdar | Fresh rice on table is for festival (11) | 15 | 9 | Riceontable* |
- A nice clue but the “is” seems extraneous - the surface would work perfectly without it |
| 8 | Manish Jhaveri | Noticeable, criminal, entertaining leader of Republican Party (11) | 15 | 9 | noticeable* taking in R (entertaining is container indicator). Party is def |
- commas.. - The commas seem extraneous - they get in the way of the surface reading |
| 9 | Textrous | Time in nice ole bar, perhaps? (11) | 14 | 11 | &Lit; T in NICEOLEBAR* ("ole" being old English for "old") | |
| 10 | Ramesh Swaminathan | Party reshuffles cabinet role (11) | 14 | 10 | Def: PARTY CABINET ROLE* |
- who reshuffles? should be "reshuffled" - generally a verb indicative would need to come after fodder; this might however be ok if we assume that ''entry causes wordplay'' but not ideal imo |
| 11 | Party created cabinet role (11) | 11 | 9 | Anagram of CABINETROLE, def = party | ||
| 12 | Party is not primarily Republican, but liberal in thought (11) | 9 | 6 | [ - 1st R + L in Cerebration]. Not primarily Republican = indicator to change 1st R. Republican = R. Liberal = L. Thought = cerebration (Collins). Def = Party. |
- Nice find but not easy to reach perhaps; that aside, the construction implies the first letter of the word changes, not somewhere in the middle, a problem that could have been avoided without the use of ''is'' |
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| 13 | Thought leader in reforms replaced by chief of Labour party (10) | 9 | 6 | Thought {CEREBRATION} leader in reforms {R} replaced by chief of Labour {L} = {CELEBRATION} party (Defn.) |
- Best of the substitution clues - Wouldn''t this lead to CELEBLATION? |
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| 14 | Reshuffled cabinet incorporates new role or function (11) | 8 | 7 | (CABINET ROLE)*, with “reshuffled” and “new” as anagrinds and “incorporates” indicating that the letters of ROLE are mixed in with those of CABINET. Def.: function |
- this implies an anagram of role is to be found in an anagram of cabinet but such is not the case |
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| 15 | Notice put out to arrest the French supporter for merrymaking | 8 | 7 | Anagram of NOTICE (Anagrind PUT OUT) containing (TO ARREST as container) LA (THE FRENCH) BRA (SUPPORTER); Def: MERRYMAKING |
- Very nice wordplay - in your annotation, of course, “the French” should be “LE” and not “LA” - LE rather than LA, but error is in the explanation not the clue, so ok |
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| 16 | Fixed allowance under VIP's commendation | 8 | 7 | RATION (fixed allowance) under CELEB (VIP). Def - commendation. Down clue |
- I think CELEB and CELEBRATION have the same root |
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| 17 | Do be clear - it's hybrid working (11) | 8 | 7 | Definition - Do. ( Be clear it)* ON (working) |
- Either hybrid or working would work as anagrind - not sure of the purpose of both |
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| 18 | Party to support in organizing election (11) | 8 | 5 | Definition is party, support is bra , bra in election* |
- Nice clue..but Def to wordplay might not work - To ruins it - "to" doesn''t fit well - ''to'' is extraneous, and ''organizing'' doesn''t work as anagram indicator |
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| 19 | VIP quota in party(11) | 6 | 5 | Def - Party : VIP - celeb(slang), quota - ration = celebration |
- I think CELEB and CELEBRATION have the same root - root issue with CELEB |
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| 20 | Drunk celibate parsons pass out - it’s an orgy! (11) | 5 | 4 | Anagrind: Drunk; Anagram fodder: CELIBATE paRsONs (-pass = “pass out"); Definition: it’s an orgy (orgy is a synonym for celebration) | ||
| 21 | No ostentations at start; oboe and clarinet played in the festival (11) | 4 | 3 | (Oboe clarinet- o)*. Played: anagrind. Festival: definition | ||
| 22 | Bash short superstar yet to begin speech (11) | 2 | 2 | Superstar - Celebrity, Speech - Oration, Bash (Definition) - CELEB(rity) + (o)RATION |
- root issue with CELEB |
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| 23 | Star quota seen at Carnival (11) | 2 | 2 | Charade: CELEB + RATION. Definition: Carnival (e.g.). |
- I think CELEB and CELEBRATION have same root - I feel ''celeb'' comes from similar meaning as in the term to be clued leading to a root issue |
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| 24 | One ultimately can start to large it or be happy here? (11) | 1 | 1 | &lit; (on)E CAN L(arge) IT OR BE*; happy=drunk as anagram indicator; large it = celebrate or enjoy |