| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ganesh Raman | Iconic depiction of Lord, primarily | 28 | 16 | Acrostic &lit | |
| 2 | Ramki Krishnan | Some stupid old actor who is hero-worshipped, perhaps (4) | 27 | 15 | Hidden in stup(ID OL)d, def = actor who is hero-worshipped, perhaps | |
| 3 | Ramesh Swaminathan | Hero emerges from splendid Olympics (4) | 21 | 13 | Def: hero. Hidden letters splend(id ol)ympics | |
| 4 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Heart-throb left after marriage vow (4) | 20 | 12 | L (left) after I DO (marriage vow); Definition: Heart-throb | |
| 5 | Nathan Townshend | Movie star left after what the bride said | 19 | 11 | L after 'I DO' | |
| 6 | VENKATESAN P | Beloved one left after party (4) | 17 | 10 | Definition: Beloved. Anno: (I)(DO)(L). One=I, Left=L & Party= DO. | |
| 7 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Nothing odd about almond oil being a favourite (4) | 17 | 9 | Def: Favourite. aLmOnDoIl<< About is reversal indicator. Nothing odd implies removing odd letters. Fodder is “Almond oil”. Even letters of fodder reversed is IDOL | |
| 8 | @LowdownCryptic | Messi, for one, ignoring odds of wild goal (4) | 12 | 8 | Definition by example: (Lionel) Messi, for one. Wordplay: ignoring the odd letters of "wild goal" gives "idol". | |
| 9 | Adman_i | Superstar is reported to be lazy (4) | 11 | 9 | Superstar (Definition), Lazy - Idle, Reported - homophone indicator |
- I think this translates to IDLE as well as IDOL |
| 10 | Sree Sree | India's old struggle for Ram, perhaps | 11 | 9 | India:I old*:dol struggle:anind Def:Ram,perhaps |
- “struggle” as an anagrind seems like a bit of a stretch |
| 11 | Ratna Rao | Hero's bride may say this with love initially (4) | 11 | 6 | Bride may say this = I do ,L ( love initially) charade clue with letter selection; def hero . | |
| 12 | An incomplete figurine becomes object of worship (4) | 10 | 6 | “An” = I (one); “incomplete figurine” = doll without the last letter = DOL; definition = “object of worship” |
- An = one = I is too indirect IMO |
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| 13 | Darling's sluggish in hearing (4) | 9 | 6 | Homophone/ idol - idle/ in hearing is the HP indicator | ||
| 14 | Ram Lalla for one, starting to inspire devotees, overwhelming lakhs (4) | 9 | 6 | Acrostic clue | ||
| 15 | One born without libido perhaps may have been carved out of stone? (4) | 8 | 6 | (LIBIDO -I B)* |
- Lol |
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| 16 | Frontrunners in imminent danger of losing singing competition (4) | 8 | 5 | Acrostic: first letters of “imminent danger of losing”, indicated by “frontrunners in”. Def: “singing competition” (as Pop Idol, Indian Idol, American Idol, etc.) |
- Definition seems incomplete if it is intended to be paired with another word - perhaps “second half of singing competition” might be better? |
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| 17 | God is dead, hear ye! (4) | 8 | 3 | Def- God, dead- idle, hear ye- HP indicator | ||
| 18 | Hero is lazy, I heard | 7 | 7 | Definition is hero, homophone of idle( is lazy) | ||
| 19 | Explosive one day international legend's first statue (4) | 7 | 6 | Def - statue, explosive - anagrind, ODI (one day international) + L (legend's first) = IDOL | ||
| 20 | Long Monday spent by Modi, putting back deity (4) | 7 | 4 | Long {L} Monday {M} spent by Modi, deletion to give LODI , putting back {reversal} to give IDOL - defn. is deity |
- How is Long = L? |
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| 21 | Image / depiction of lord, basically (4) | 6 | 5 | &lit clue. Acrostic clue. Indicator - basically. | ||
| 22 | Icon devotees often lionize, primarily (4) | 6 | 4 | First letters, &Lit | ||
| 23 | One party supported by large deity (4) | 6 | 4 | #Down clue I DO L, Def. Deity | ||
| 24 | Imaged depiction of Lord basically (4) | 5 | 5 | Acrostic , &Lit | ||
| 25 | Sordid oligarch indulges fetish (4) | 5 | 4 | Hidden word. Def = fetish. | ||
| 26 | Leading Indian designed our Lord's worshipped statue | 4 | 4 | Acrostic clue; leading - acrostic indicator, worshipped statue - definition | ||
| 27 | Solid old shrouded holy statue (4) | 4 | 4 | Telescopic with shrouded as the indicator. Def = holy statue | ||
| 28 | Doli decorated holy statue (4) | 2 | 2 | Doli : fodder, decorated : Anagram indicator, holy statue : Definition |
- Decorated doesn’t work as an anagrind for me |
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| 29 | Promise 50's superstar | 2 | 2 | I DO (promise) L (50) | ||
| 30 | Star’s sex-drive beginning to fall after breakup with bisexual (4) | 0 | 1 | (-l)I(-bi)DO(+l). Star = definition; sex-drive = LIBIDO; beginning to fall = indicator for moving first letter to the end; breakup with = deletion indicator; bisexual = BI. | ||
| 31 | Glimpses of intrinsically designed one lord's image (4) | 0 | Def- image, glimpses of- acrostics indicator for I D O L from Intrinsically, Designed, One, Lord |
- "one" is somewhat jarring in the surface reading IMO - I don’t get the surface reading |