| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Anantakrishnan | Get upset with travel restrictions limiting all new arrivals basically (2, 7) | 31 | 17 | Def - get upset. Travel= GO BANS (restrictions) around A N A , limiting - containment indicator | |
| 2 | Stuart McStuart | Some in Chicago ban a nasty freak | 26 | 16 | (some) hidden indicator. {chi}go ban a nas{ty} Freak-def. |
- Freak - does not define “Go Bananas” |
| 3 | Abhay Phadnis | Get very angry as Goa bans any bottomless swimming (2,7) | 25 | 15 | Defn: Get very angry; GOA BANS AN* ("any bottomless" = an); anagrind: swimming | |
| 4 | Textrous | Freak out on bags designed to smuggle articles | 25 | 13 | Def: Freak out; Anagrind: designed; Containicator: to smuggle; ONBAGS* containing AN A | |
| 5 | Thejaswi Udupa | See red and yellow fruits after green light (2,7) | 22 | 13 | BANANAS (yellow fruits) after GO (green light). See red - defn | |
| 6 | @LowdownCryptic | Throw a fit if no bags recycled/reused (2,7) | 20 | 9 | Letter bank ind: "recycled/reused", Bank: NOBAGS, Def: "Throw a fit" ("if" is cause/effect connector) | |
| 7 | Ganesh Raman | Try headbands and ultimately not lose one's wig? | 17 | 11 | Try: GO; Headbands: BANDANAS minus D (AND ULTIMATELY); NOT as deletion indicator: Def: LOSE ONE'S WIG | |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | See red bag on sale , not extremely large for a new mobile | 14 | 8 | See red - def , bag on sale * - le +an | |
| 9 | Flip out and ban artist's first song containing a remix (2,7) | 11 | 9 | Def - flip out, ban + a(artist's first) + song + a(containing a), remix = anagrind = go bananas | ||
| 10 | Get excited and crack fruits | 10 | 6 | DD. Crack (attempt) = go. |
- How does one crack fruits? |
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| 11 | Flip pineapples on pruned cauliflower (2,7) | 7 | 5 | GOB(i) (cauliflower pruned i.e. without last letter ) + ANANAS (pineapples). Def: Flip (v) | ||
| 12 | Try to prohibit articles taken by students initially to get excited (2,7) | 5 | 5 | GO (try) + BAN (to prohibit)+ AN A (articles) + S (student initially), Def. - Get excited | ||
| 13 | Prohibition in state? No alcohol shops open? Become crazy ! (2,7) | 5 | 3 | Become crazy (Definition) - GO(BAN)A(N..o)(A....l)(S....s), Prohibition - Ban, State - Goa, Open - Starting letter indicator |
- Nice clue but just "open" does not work as an acrostic ind IMO |
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| 14 | Disastrous own goal! | 5 | 3 | Reverse anagram. Disastrous OG = GO anagrammed = GO bananas |
- Where’s the definition? - This clue has an anagram indicator (which RA clues shouldn''t) and has no definition (but every clue needs one) |
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| 15 | Chatter about old stock (mostly initial offering of NTPC), and become excited (2,7) | 3 | 3 | GAS (chatter) around O (old) BANA(-l) (stock, mostly) + N (first letter of NTPC), def = become excited | ||
| 16 | Playing a song essentially sad, circumventing ban, makes one get mad (2,7) | 3 | 2 | BAN in (A SONG A)*. Def: Get mad |
- Role of one? |
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| 17 | Becoming extremely angry, forgo, ban an assembly, partly | 2 | 2 | Telescopic clue, partly - telescopic indicator, becoming extremely angry - definition |
- Becoming - makes it going bananas |
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| 18 | Try new Asana wrongly, holding tubes at heart and lose your control(2,7) | 1 | 1 | Anno: (GO)(B)(N+ASANA)*. Try=Go; Tubes at heart=B; New=N; Wrongly=Anagrind. Holding=Insertion indicator; Definition: Lose your control | ||
| 19 | Freak out with a sob and nag to dump date cunningly (2,7) | 0 | (a sob and nag -d)* anagram indicated by cunningly, deletion indicator is to dump, d is the abbr. for Date; Definition: Freak out |