| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samit kallianpur | Henry called....and right away, cut the call! (4,2) | 31 | 18 | [H + Rang up - R]. Henry = H [in Physics]. Called = Rang up. Right = R. Away = Deletion ind. Def = Cut the call | |
| 2 | Textrous | Husband cracked a good pun to wrap up a phone call | 30 | 16 | Husband:H, cracked:anagrind, (A G PUN)*; def: to wrap up a phone call | |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | Finally ditch a person stalking you nonstop - disconnect phone (4,2) | 27 | 15 | Tail acrostic of "Ditch .. nonstop", def = disconnect phone | |
| 4 | @LowdownCryptic | Close call: almost had new dog sent back (4,2) | 23 | 13 | Def is "close call" (terminate phone call, in cryptic reading); almost HA(d) + N (new) + PUG reversal (sent back) | |
| 5 | Gayathri Viswanath | Disconnect phone call and block (4,2) | 19 | 10 | DD |
- The word to be clued is Hang Up and NOT Hang-up (i.e. block in the clue) |
| 6 | N Anantakrishnan | Chinese dumping finally leads to unmanageable price problem (4,2) | 17 | 10 | Chinese = HAN (dumpin) G U P (leads to ...) Def - problem |
- Defn.? - problem is hang-up (hyphenated word) and not hang up IMO |
| 7 | VENKATESAN P | Obsession to stop talking (4-2) | 15 | 10 | Double Definition |
- The word to be clued is Hang Up and NOT Hang-up (i.e. Obsession in the clue) |
| 8 | Satyen Nabar | Starts to holler and nastily growl, unaware partner's cut the call (4,2) | 15 | 10 | Acrostic, starts to= select first letters, defn= cut the call | |
| 9 | Veera Raghavan | Hospital in troubled Nagpur right away to close shop (4,2) | 15 | 8 | H in (Nagpur-r)*. Definition: close shop |
- There is no insertion of H - H is technically before, not in, troubled Nagpur |
| 10 | Obsession to put clothes to dry? | 13 | 9 | DD |
- The word to be clued is Hang Up and NOT Hang-up (i.e. Obsession in the clue) |
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| 11 | Suspend periodic viewing of hyaena, gnu, ape (4,2) | 12 | 7 | Defn: Suspend; “Periodic viewing” of HyAeNa+GnU+aPe (“hyaena” is a variant spelling of hyena) | ||
| 12 | Break-off completely after he was engaged often (4,2) | 8 | 4 | UP (completely) after Letter selection H(ew)A(se)N(ga)G(ed) | ||
| 13 | Ah! Unplug maybe, remove plug essentially and end conversation (4,2) | 7 | 5 | [ah unplug -lu]*, def: end conversation | ||
| 14 | Put washing on the line and break it! | 7 | 5 | Put washing on the line = Def1; and break it (the line) = Def2 | ||
| 15 | What you might do to end a call after meet is over? (4, 2) | 5 | 3 | Def: What you might do to end a call. After HANG (hang with = meet with) is UP (over) |
- should it not be hang "out" with? |
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| 16 | Shot gun captured by luck leads to sudden end of talk (4,2) | 3 | 2 | (gun)* in hap (luck); definition: sudden end of talk | ||
| 17 | Chinese native dog returns to fixation | 3 | 2 | HAN (Chinese native) PUG<-- (dog returns). Defn - fixation. |
- The word to be clued is Hang Up and NOT Hang-up (i.e. fixation in the clue) - Fixation is hang-up and not hang up |