| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Hit by lust, has a romp when husband's away (7) | 41 | 18 | (LUST HAS A)* - H; defn = hit, romp= anag ind, when husband's away= delete H | |
| 2 | Veera Raghavan | Ship left empty without gold after a raid (7) | 24 | 13 | SS(AU)L..T<=>A. Definition: Raid | |
| 3 | N Anantakrishnan | A sailor, I am told, is offensive (7) | 22 | 12 | Homophone of A Salt Def - offensive |
- I checked this since I also wanted to do a HP clue...the pronounciations appear to be different |
| 4 | Viraj Divecha | Charge a slightly smaller amount, unlike last time basically (7) | 16 | 10 | Def = Charge, Clue type = Acrostic, Indicator = Basically | |
| 5 | Textrous | Battery variant of a US Tesla leaked energy (7) | 16 | 9 | Def: Battery, Anagrind: variant of, AUSTESLA* - E | |
| 6 | Ashit Hegde | Sat around entertaining old ruler of Israel in club (7) | 14 | 11 | CLUB = Definition SAT around (SAT*) entertaining (Containment indicator) old ruler of Israel (SAUL) | |
| 7 | Nathan Townshend | Last USA ground attack? | 14 | 11 | LAST USA* ground = anagram indicator; attack = def |
- Good, but no reason for question mark |
| 8 | Ganesh Raman | Criminal oddly leapt at us in a sudden attack | 13 | 9 | Anagram of LAT (odd selection from LEAPT) AT US; Anagrind CRIMINAL; Def A Sudden Attack | |
| 9 | Madhusudan H | First of all, American sniper surveyed ... and unleashed lethal terror attack (7) | 12 | 8 | Acrostic clue | |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Attack a ship with gold approaching capitals of Libya and Tunisia(7) | 11 | 9 | Definition: Attack. Anno: (A)(SS)(AU)(L)(T). Ship - SS. Gold - AU. Capitals of - First letter selection indicator. | |
| 11 | Abhay Phadnis | French aviation company loses head to hostile action | 11 | 7 | DASSAULT "losing head" = ASSAULT = "hostile action" | |
| 12 | @LowdownCryptic | Announcement of a mineral to produce battery (7) | 11 | 6 | Homophone (announcement of): "a salt" to produce assault (battery) | |
| 13 | A short Sultan finally leaps high to attack (7) | 10 | 7 | (A)(SULTAn)(leapS)*, High - Anagrind, Attack (Definition) | ||
| 14 | A seamer starting to get turn during season to strike (7) | 8 | 6 | A S (starting of seamer) U (turn) in SALT (as verb, meaning to season), insertion indicator during; Definition: Strike. (#inspired by Sachin Tendulkar's early career bowling style) |
- Should be seamer''s starting to get S from seamer |
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| 15 | Battery is usually included with this mug (7) | 7 | 5 | DD, Battery is usually included with Assault, Assault = mug (verb) | ||
| 16 | Strike gold in last second trips (7) | 4 | 3 | Def: Strike, Insertion of AU (Gold) in anagram of LAST S(second), Indicator - Trips | ||
| 17 | Like na(u)cl raid | 4 | 1 | As is like. Nacl is salt it has a u. |
- Nice use of salt - Where has U been clues, did I miss something |
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| 18 | Attack a Nazi army with gold and extremely light battery (7) | 3 | 2 | A SS AU L(igh)T. Def - Battery |
- Attack? - ‘Attack’ appears to be a redundant definition. |
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| 19 | Goodman, perhaps, caught in the middle of a street attack (7) | 3 | 2 | Def - attack, Goodman, perhaps - Saul from Better Call Saul , A S-SAUL-T | ||
| 20 | Article led Omer to quit somersault and attack(7) | 2 | 2 | Definition is attack, article is a, somersault-Omer= ssault | ||
| 21 | Rush in the guise of sailor around university (7) | 2 | 2 | RUSH IS DEF/ IN THE GUISE OF IS AS/ SAILOR IS SALT/ AROUND UNIVERSITY IS AROUND U | ||
| 22 | Beat USA last? | 0 | 2 | Definition and anagrind: beat. Fodder: USA last |
- Beat doing double duty |