| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suyash Roongta | Consumed by regret, I resolve to go away (6) | 30 | 17 | Hidden in plain sight. regRETIREsolve. Indicator - consumed by. Def - go away. | |
| 2 | Textrous | Arteries thinning at the edges sadly stop working (6) | 26 | 14 | Arteries thinning at the edges=(-a)RTERIE(-s); sadly=anagrind; def: stop working |
- not clear why thinning should suggest removal |
| 3 | N Anantakrishnan | About time I recuperate on vacation and stop working (6) | 25 | 17 | About = Re T I R(ecuperat)e. Def - stop working | |
| 4 | Madhusudan H | On vacation, require taxi ride to retreat (6) | 24 | 14 | On vacation - first and last of require taxi ride ; Defn is "To retreat" |
- ?? How does the clue work? |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Leave work after IT error shows up (6) | 23 | 14 | Def: Leave Work, Hidden in reverse in aft ER IT ER< ror, indicated by shows up | |
| 6 | Satyen Nabar | Stop working - primarily relax, enjoy, take it real easy (6) | 15 | 8 | Acrostic, defn= stop working, primarily= acrostic ind | |
| 7 | Ramki Krishnan | At year-end, whole division finally leaves to take a break from work (6) | 13 | 9 | def = to take a break from work, year-end = R, whole = ENTIRE, divisioN finally leaves => remove N |
- Year''s end or end of year would have been ideal |
| 8 | Avtaar | Stop working on tax (6) | 13 | 7 | RE(on)+TIRE(Tax). Def: Stop working | |
| 9 | Veera Raghavan | Rewrite review after wife is off to go to bed! (6) | 10 | 7 | (Rewrite-w)*. Review: anagrind. Def: go to bed |
- nounal anagrind |
| 10 | Amrita Majumdar | Stop working to rewrite novel, brushing off wife (6) | 9 | 5 | REWRITE* - W |
- ''to'' is redundant and spoils the clue |
| 11 | Queen returns almost exhausted to hang up her hat(6) | 8 | 7 | Definition is to hang up her hat, Queen returns is er<= re, almost exhausted is tired-d |
- Time to retire ER if we want to keep up with the times |
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| 12 | Terrier right away ordered to go to bed (7) | 7 | 6 | Anno: (TERRIE(-R))*. Right – R; Away – Deletion indicator; Ordered – Anagram Indicator. Definition: Go to bed. |
- May work technically, but surface is strained, the natural way of saying it would have ''right away'' at the end |
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| 13 | Go off about turning it on | 7 | 5 | Go off = def; about = RE turning it = TI; on = RE |
- One could probably go on about turning something off/on, but the other way round in the surface doesn''t seem convincing |
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| 14 | Fall back! Tailless terrier is let loose | 7 | 4 | Anagram (let loose) of terrie (tailless TERRIEr). Def: Fall back | ||
| 15 | Barking terrier lost tail in retreat (6) | 6 | 5 | Def - retreat, barking - anagrind, terrier - r(lost tail)= retire | ||
| 16 | Fatigue again? Go to bed (6) | 5 | 4 | DD: to fatigue is to "re-tire" (punny def) and to go to bed is to retire (different root/etymology) |
- Root issue? - Lacks the cryptic element |
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| 17 | Terrier plays endlessly at retreat (6) | 4 | 4 | (TERRIER - R)*, Plays - Anagrind, Retreat (definition) |
- ''at'' spoils the clue, has no role - "in" would be better as a connector than "at" IMO |
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| 18 | Back off as denuded miro tree collapses (6) | 3 | 3 | Defn: “Back off”; Anagrind: “collapses”; Anagram fodder: mIRo+TREE (miro is “denuded” = surface layer is stripped); Note: Miro is a coniferous tree native to New Zealand. | ||
| 19 | Feel exhausted again, and go to bed (6) | 3 | 3 | Feel exhausted again = re-tire. Defn - go to bed. |
- Root issue? - Lacks cryptic element |
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| 20 | Pay off reflecting somewhat stronger IT era (6) | 3 | 2 | Reversed (indicated by reflecting) hidden word (indicated by somewhat) as in strongER IT ERa; Definition: Pay off (as in to pay off or retire a loan) |
- correct syntax would require ''reflected by'' |