| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Inmates turn violent without a control mechanism (10) | 33 | 17 | Def: control mechanism; Anagrind: violent; INMATESTURN* - A | |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | It turns me on - no ordinary vibrating device! (10) | 30 | 16 | (IT TURNS ME ON - O)*; no= del ind, ordinary= O (abbrev), vibrating= anag ind, defn= device |
- Different and amusing, the pick of the lot for me |
| 3 | Suyash Roongta | Viola perhaps lost trust in men (10) | 24 | 15 | (TRUST IN MEN)*. Lost = anagrind. Viola perhaps = def by example (string instrument). | |
| 4 | Avtaar | Hip and sternum fixed with bottom of blunt device (10) | 20 | 12 | IN(Hip)+Anagram (fixed) of STERNUM*+blun(T). Def: Device | |
| 5 | Nathan Townshend | In hospital department, nurses play guitar or maybe flute | 16 | 10 | In = IN; hospital department ENT; nurses = containicator; play guitar = STRUM; maybe flute = def | |
| 6 | N Anantakrishnan | Act recklessly - trust in men (10) | 15 | 8 | Def - Act. (Trust in men)* | |
| 7 | Viraj Divecha | Men strut in absurd act (10) | 14 | 10 | Men strut in * anagrind = absurd, def = act (Chambers) | |
| 8 | Adman_i | Trendy pick ! English model covets new gadget (10) | 12 | 6 | Gadget (Definition) - (IN)(STRUM)(E)(N)(T) | |
| 9 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Trust men in drafting legal document (10) | 11 | 8 | (Trust men in)* anagram indicated by drafting; Definition: Legal document | |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Machine to prepare nutriments (10) | 11 | 7 | Definition: Machine. Anno: (Nutriments)". Fodder: Nutriments. Anagrind: To prepare | |
| 11 | Display of popular soldiers in parade (10) | 10 | 6 | Def: DISPLAY Anno: popular IN + soldiers MEN in STRUT parade | ||
| 12 | Intern must play the guitar, say | 9 | 8 | Intern must*; play - anagrind, the guitar, say - definition | ||
| 13 | Tool men trust in for a change | 9 | 7 | Tool is definition/ men trust in* / for a change is anagrind | ||
| 14 | Intern must work at agency (10) | 8 | 5 | (Intern must)* |
- for instead of at would have made this a great clue - "at" is redundant and doesn''t work as a connector |
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| 15 | Device to mix many nutrients (10) | 7 | 7 | Device = INSTRUMENT ; Many = M ; Anagram : (M +NUTRIENTS)* ; To mix = Anagrind | ||
| 16 | It entertains men taking turns to perform !(10) | 7 | 4 | &Lit, Anagram of MEN+TURNS* inside IT | ||
| 17 | Doctor: “Intern must hand over scalpel, for one.” (10) | 7 | 4 | Doctor = anagrind; Intern must = anagram fodder; scalpel, for one = definition by example |
- What is the role of “hand over”? - "hand over" is redundant |
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| 18 | Force intern to meddle with smut (10) | 5 | 4 | (intern smut)*, defn - force | ||
| 19 | Vehicle police sent in to arrest former President stripped of power (10) | 5 | 3 | Def = VEHICLE, anagram of SENTIN (police is verbal anagrind) around TRUMP -P | ||
| 20 | Men turn its distortion on! (10) | 5 | 2 | &lit (MEN TURN ITS)* anagrind is "distortion on!" - turn on the distortion (for a rock guitar, bass, keyboard, etc.) | ||
| 21 | Appliance to reprocess nutriments (10) | 2 | 2 | NUTRIMENTS*. Def: appliance | ||
| 22 | Agent Mrs. Ten adjusted and mostly tuned every other piano, at first. | 1 | 2 | Agent-def. [every other]-alt. letter {p}i{a}n{o} [at first]-position instruction., Mrs Ten [adjusted]-ana. + [mostly] tun{ed} | ||
| 23 | Turn mindset without device made the device (10) | 1 | 2 | {turn mindset -d}* : device=instrument | ||
| 24 | Mechanism for complex nutrients to be ingested by male? Quite the opposite! | 0 | Definition = "Mechanism"; Anagrind = "complex"; male = M; wordplay = M "to be ingested by" NUTRIENTS* ("quite the opposite" of "NUTRIENTS* to be ingested by M") |