| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Am I acting craftily to make model disappear? (8) | 31 | 11 | Anagram Deletion &Lit; Anagrind: craftily; Model: T; AMIACTING* - T | |
| 2 | Veera Raghavan | Strangely, most imagine a conman initially as a wizard (8) | 20 | 10 | (IMAGIN A C)*. Definition: wizard | |
| 3 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Little child in America aiming high - one good at spelling? (8) | 19 | 11 | C inserted in Anagram of A AIMING*, Anagram Ind - High, Def: one good at spelling? | |
| 4 | Ganesh Raman | I'm in a cage, endlessly tortured by a sorceror | 19 | 11 | Anagram of (IM IN A CAGE - E), ENDLESSLY: Last letter deletion indicator; Anagrind: TORTURED; Def on the right |
- wordplay by def isn''t ideal |
| 5 | Suyash Roongta | Ace soldier captured by eccentric maniac (8) | 17 | 11 | GI (solder) inside {MANIAC}*. Anagram indictor - eccentric. Def - ace. | |
| 6 | Nathan Townshend | Man with AI and CGI becomes a miracle-worker | 14 | 10 | MAN + AI + CGI * becomes = anagram indicator; miracle-worker = def | |
| 7 | Satyen Nabar | I'm acing exams at centre easily, being a genius (8) | 14 | 9 | {IM ACING (-ex)A(-ms)}*; at centre= central letter selection ind, easily= anag ind, defn= a genius |
- "wizard" would have fitted better than "genius" IMO |
| 8 | Ramki Krishnan | Hermione essentially acing - topping in academics - fantastic witch! (8) | 13 | 8 | Anagram of MI (herMIone essentially) + ACING + A (topping in Academics), fantastic = anagrind, witch = def | |
| 9 | Adman_i | Wise men able to inspire one to become a wizard (8) | 13 | 7 | Wizard (Definition) : MAGI-C(I)AN, Wise men - Magi, Able to - Can, Inspire - containment ind, One - I |
- Same root perhaps? - Magi (Plural of Magus) and Magic/ Magician have the same root. - root issue with magi? - Magi and magician have same root |
| 10 | Trick artist rigged a cage I'm in – back of cage comes off! (8) | 8 | 6 | Def on left, A CAG(e) I'M IN* (anagrind: rigged, back of cagE removed) | ||
| 11 | Master speller? | 7 | 6 | DD |
- might not work as a DD (since root is same) - It''s a CD not a DD, right? |
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| 12 | Soldier and spy hiding in British Isle, say, to get a man performing tricks(8) | 7 | 3 | Definition: A man performing tricks. Anno: (MA(GI)(CIA)N). British Isle, say = MAN; Soldier = GI; Spy = CIA; Hiding in = Content indicator; To get = Connector. | ||
| 13 | Conjuror made wise men put one in small metal container | 7 | 3 | Definition: conjuror; Wordplay: MAGI+C[I]AN [charade of MAGI (wise men) with I (one) in CAN (small metal container)] |
- root issue with magi? |
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| 14 | Uncontrolled maniac in possession of American soldier Merlin?(8) | 5 | 4 | Merlin is definition by example/ maniac* around GI/uncontrolled is anagrind/ in possession of is container indicator | ||
| 15 | Ace speller? (8) | 4 | 3 | Cryptic def. | ||
| 16 | A genius can imagine bananas emitting gas (8) | 4 | 2 | Defn: A genius ; {CAN IMAGINE} emitting (deleting) {NE}(on); Bananas is the anagrind |
- Made me smile |
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| 17 | Illusionist? I can bust after morning round of unending Gin! (8) | 4 | 1 | CIAN [(I Can)* anagram indicated by bust] coming after MA [AM (morning) reversal indicated by round] GI (GI-n, deletion indicated by unending). Definition: Illusionist | ||
| 18 | Being a trickster he hid a soldier and a spy (8) | 0 | 2 | Trickster = Magician ; he = MAN ; soldier = GI ; spy = CIA |