| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramki Krishnan | Pick up spinach and lettuce sandwiches (6) | 38 | 20 | Def = pick up (Chambers), hidden in spinac(H AND LE)ttuce, sandwiches = indicator | |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Name and address (6) | 26 | 12 | DD: noun sense = name (alias) and verb sense = address (deal with a question or issue) | |
| 3 | Textrous | Article held loosely without something to grip (6) | 18 | 12 | Article=AN, held loosely without=HELD* outside, def: something to grip | |
| 4 | Madhusudan H | "Take care of hair and nails", dermatologist lent essential tips (6) | 18 | 9 | Defn - Take care of; Acrostic clue. | |
| 5 | Samit kallianpur | Watch, and learn to keep control (6) | 16 | 13 | Telescopic. Tel ind = to keep. Def = control | |
| 6 | Sparsh Sinha | Chandler stripped for work (6) | 15 | 10 | Def - Work, Chandler stripped - c(handle)r = handle | |
| 7 | Adman_i | Manage hatred initially with extremes of love (6) | 15 | 9 | Manage (Definition), (H....e)(AND)(L...E), With - And |
- Excellent surface and charade |
| 8 | Ganesh Raman | Chandler has a nickname! | 14 | 9 | Telescopic, Def: Nickname | |
| 9 | N Anantakrishnan | Hartal ends, everyone's starting work (6) | 14 | 8 | H AND L (ends of hartal) E (veryone) . Def - work | |
| 10 | Satyen Nabar | Smooth and lean, rounded butt (6) | 13 | 7 | Hidden word, defn= butt | |
| 11 | Man has land all over the place to manage (6) | 11 | 7 | h (land)* e | ||
| 12 | Pick up from myth and legends (6) | 10 | 7 | From mytH AND LEgends. Defn - pick up. | ||
| 13 | Tackle worker beginning to leave a bit early | 9 | 10 | Tackle-def , worker - hand +L +E | ||
| 14 | Name that’s essential to teach and learn (6) | 7 | 5 | Hidden (teacH AND LEarn); def. = name | ||
| 15 | New Delhi shortly taking over bank, essentially to get control (6) | 7 | 5 | H(AN)DLE*. New: anagrind Shortly: deletion of i. Def: control | ||
| 16 | Deal with man crossing rocky land(6) | 6 | 5 | Anno: (H(LAND*)E). Man - He. Fodder=Land. Anagrind=Rocky. Crossing=Container indicator. Definition: Deal with | ||
| 17 | Traffic ecstasy beyond outer reaches of hostel (6) | 6 | 3 | {H and L}{E}; Traffic = definition; ecstasy = E; outer reaches of hostel = H and L | ||
| 18 | Smooch, and let's insert knob! | 6 | 3 | Smooch and let's = fodder; insert (noun) = hiddendicator; knob = def |
- ! |
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| 19 | Deal with myth and legend essentially (6) | 5 | 3 | Telescopic..deal with is def/ essentially is telescopic indicator | ||
| 20 | Knob has latch and lever. | 3 | 3 | Knob -def. [has]-hidden word trigger. {latc} h and le {ever} |
- "Has" as containment indicator would need to come after the fodder. - has as hidden word indicator should come after the fodder. - "has" should be used after hidden word fodder, not before |
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| 21 | Cope with extremes of High-Low temperature ultimately (6) | 3 | 2 | Def. Cope with, extremes of High-Low - first letters of. H AND L, + E (last letter of temperature) |
- "extremes" means the first and last letters, not the first letters |
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| 22 | Manage to retrieve core of cruel DNA hoax (6) | 2 | 2 | Definition: “Manage”; Wordplay: “retrieve core” (bring back the central portion) of “cruEL DNA Hoax” |
- Not clear what the surface means? |
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| 23 | Cope with lean hour? Start to dream afresh (6) | 2 | 1 | (LEAN + H + D)* indicated by Afresh; Definition: Cope with | ||
| 24 | The fellow going around with large grip (6) | 0 | 2 | HE around (AND(with) L).Def: Grip |