| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Tailor cut lace to clothe oddly lean figure | 31 | 16 | Def: Figure (v.); Anagrind: Tailor (as an imperative verb); Containment indicator: to clothe; oddly lean: LA => CUTLACE* with LA | |
| 2 | Ramki Krishnan | Design ring lined with copper at base (9) | 21 | 11 | Def = design, CALL (ring) around CU (copper) + AT + E (base) | |
| 3 | Satyen Nabar | Work out in a club with all cute models (9) | 19 | 10 | (A C + ALL CUTE)*; work out= defn, club= C (abbrev), models= anag ind. |
- syntax is off |
| 4 | Saurabh Upadhyay | Judge, a tee-totaller, disappeared from old Indian city after hours (9) | 17 | 10 | Def: Judge. A tee-totaller = A TT, Disappeared from = Deletion indicator, Old Indian city = CALCUTTA, After hours = LATE. CALCU (-TT A) LATE |
- this doesn''t really indicate to delete "TTA" from CALCUTTA |
| 5 | N Anantakrishnan | About criminal, copper and dead judge (9) | 16 | 10 | C AL Cu Late. Def - judge |
- Makes the cut due to nice surface and not that many better clues, but I really feel criminal for AL is a bit hackneyed and anachronistic |
| 6 | VENKATESAN P | Accountant adjusted / cut all expenses initially to make a projection (9) | 16 | 10 | Anno: (CA)(CUT+ALL*)(E). Accountant - CA; Expenses initially - E; Cut all - Anagram fodder; Adjusted - Anagrind. Definition - To make a projection | |
| 7 | Nathan Townshend | Work out each late clue, all endlessly baffling | 12 | 8 | Work out = def; each late clue = fodder; all endlessly = EAC LAT CLU; baffling = anagram indicator | |
| 8 | Suyash Roongta | Excitedly call a cute figure (9) | 12 | 7 | (CALL A CUTE)*. Anagrind - excitedly. Def - figure. | |
| 9 | Ratna Rao | Initially consider all likelihoods check upon legal aspects then evaluate (9) | 12 | 7 | Acrostic and semi lit | |
| 10 | Making a call? Cute plan! (9) | 11 | 9 | (A CALL CUTE)* |
- Make(imperative) or made(pp) would work as anagram indicator, but making I feel doesn''t qualify, in its intransitive sense it doesn''t convey anagramming |
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| 11 | A call cut out upon termination of phone plan (9) | 10 | 7 | Def: plan; A CALL CUT* (anagrind: out) upon (Down clue) termination of phonE | ||
| 12 | Reckon gangster’s caught before copper gets behind (9) | 10 | 7 | Def: Reckon, C (Caught) AL (Gangster / Al Capone), CU - Copper, LATE = Behind |
- Wonder when we''ll move away from gangster for AL😒 |
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| 13 | Make Al cut lace differently (9) | 8 | 6 | (Al cut lace)*, differently - anagrind, def - make | ||
| 14 | Reckon about fifty pounds, including copper, consumed. | 7 | 9 | Reckon-def. CA (about) L-CU-L (fifty pounds) [including]-(copper) ATE (consumed) = calculate | ||
| 15 | Randomly call a cute Count (9) | 7 | 6 | Randomly anagrind/ call a cute*/ count is def | ||
| 16 | Copper held by summon, bothered judge (9) | 7 | 4 | CU (Copper) in CALL (as in call or summon a meeting, election, etc., insertion indicated by 'held by') ATE (bothered, 'to eat' to mean bother or consume with vexation as in – What’s eating you now?, reference Webster); Definition: Judge (to calculate as in to determine by experience or common sense) |
- summons would be needed for surface |
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| 17 | Work out and tell actual cost to begin with. Sorry, no time left! (9) | 4 | 3 | (TELL ACTUAL C-TL)*. Sorry: anagrind. Def: work out | ||
| 18 | Compute Brilliant Display you put on French Lake | 1 | 1 | Compute (real clue AND anagrind) Brilliant display (eclat) you (u) French Lake (lac). (eclat+u+lac = Calculate) |
- indirect anagrams are generally not accepted - What does the surface imply? |
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| 19 | Western Coast US campus backed dead judge (9) | 1 | 1 | Across clue. C (Western Coast) ALCU (UCLA reversed - US campus backed) LATE (dead) Defn - judge |
- Western coast sounds odd, it would generally be west coast |