| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @LowdownCryptic | Cup of wine raised, then happily emptied (6) | 31 | 19 | Cup = def; of = connector; PORT< (down clue), then H(appil)Y | |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Work hard, put in effort, get an award | 31 | 15 | (Work = OP, Hard = H) inside TRY (effort); 'put in' as insertion indicator; Def: An Award |
- Nice |
| 3 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Cup left retiring coach happy ultimately (6) | 23 | 12 | Def: Cup, PORT (Left) << (indicated by retiring) + H Y (last letters). Ref. to Rahul Dravid’s retirement gift from Indian team. | |
| 4 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Cup finally - cricket lover to jump with joy (6) | 20 | 12 | crickeT loveR tO jumP witH joY, finally is the last letter selection indicator. Definition: Cup. Well done Team India. |
- Simple and nice |
| 5 | Veera Raghavan | Left-over honey emptied in cup (6) | 20 | 12 | TROP<- H…Y. Definition: cup | |
| 6 | Samit kallianpur | Spinner restricts runs, and gets extremely happy to win cup (6) | 19 | 11 | [T(R)op HY]. Spinner = top. Restricts = container ind. Runs = R. Extremely happy = hy. To win= to get. Def = cup |
- Surface story is not grammatically ok. Wordplay is good. "Spinner restricting runs, extremely happy to get cup" would work. |
| 7 | N Anantakrishnan | Wasting away without a pretty, young wife maybe (6) | 17 | 11 | Wasting away = Atrophy - a. Pretty, young wife maybe - DBE | |
| 8 | Ramki Krishnan | After setback in the beginning, young heroes played outstandingly, regaining T20 cup (6) | 16 | 10 | Def = cup, in the beginning = acrostic indicator for "young...T20", after setback = reversal indicator to get TROPHY from YHPORT | |
| 9 | Abhay Phadnis | Prize for “Compound Photometry” book withdrawn | 10 | 7 | Definition: prize; PHOtomeTRY* (anagrind: compound) after TOME (book) "withdrawn" | |
| 10 | Thejaswi Udupa | Wasting a lost token (6) | 10 | 6 | ATROPHY (wasting) minus A (a lost) | |
| 11 | Meltdown losing a prize (6) | 8 | 6 | Meltdown: Atrophy; Atrophy losing A: Trophy; Definition: Prize | ||
| 12 | Crumble after losing a cup (6) | 8 | 6 | ATROPHY (crumble) minus A. Def - cup. | ||
| 13 | Stratospheric, scariest drop? Incredible SKY at boundary gets us the Cup (6) | 8 | 5 | {(Stratospheric)-(scariest)}* + (skY), drop - del ind, Incredible - anagrind, boundary - last letter selection, Cup (Definition) | ||
| 14 | Stay shortly in your old cup(6) | 4 | 3 | Definition: Cup. Anno: (T(ROP(-E))HY). Stay - Rope; Shortly -Last letter deletion indicator. Your old = Thy | ||
| 15 | Rohit played explosively for this - ideal, for a change (6) | 3 | 3 | Composite Anagram, "this" indicating the word to be found, and "explosively" & "for a change" servings as anagrinds; (Rohit played)* = (_ _ _ _ _ _ ideal)* | ||
| 16 | Pain drinking hot pho in cup (6) | 2 | 2 | Pain-TRY ( in the sense of afflict) around PHO* , CUP-DEF | ||
| 17 | At last, very tough scrap to cheer at returns for accolade. | 2 | 2 | [At last}- last letter indicator. {ver}y {toug{h} {scra}p {t}o {chee}r {a}t [returns] yhport<- for accolade -def. | ||
| 18 | Extremely happy after opener Rohit goes into peak winning cup (7) | 2 | 2 | Opening Rohit= R in TOP = peak H...Y first last letters of happy. Def: cup |
- Opener or opening of rohit = r |
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| 19 | Prize in Intro Physics | 0 | 4 | Def: prize; hidden word | ||
| 20 | Almost everyone has attitudes that change repeatedly | 0 | 2 | Almost Everyone = ALL - L = (AL), attitudes = (WAYS). Solution = ALWAYS, definition = repeatedly. |
- This clue''s not for the word TROPHY - Clue for ALWAYS - not TROPHY |