| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | @LowdownCryptic | Dare to point out something Trump's doing illegally? (11) | 34 | 19 | (DARE TO POINT)* - anagrind is "out" |
- Of the two “dare to point out” clues, this one has more topical bite - hah nice! |
| 2 | Manish Jhaveri | A Potter novel, one delving into professor's banishment (11) | 29 | 18 | EPORTAT* (a potter novel) + I (one) contained inside (= delving into) DON (professor). Def = BANISHMENT |
- Apostrophe makes this inelegant - Very nice! Smooth surface, solid wordplay |
| 3 | Abhay Phadnis | Forcible expatriation of patriot done shoddily | 22 | 15 | Definition: “forcible expatriation”; (PATRIOT DONE)*; anagram indicator: “shoddily" | |
| 4 | Textrous | Unceremonious end to a trip overseas, primarily? (11) | 19 | 10 | Anagrind: Unceremonious, ENDTOATRIPO*, &Lit |
- Not sure I buy “unceremonious” as an anagrind |
| 5 | @qpheevr | Throwing out mashed potato dinner, throwing out piece of naan (11) | 18 | 13 | (POTATO DINNER - N)*; mashed = anagrind; def.: throwing out | |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Saddened at heart by President's speech about "Time for expulsion!" (11) | 16 | 13 | DE (sad-DE-ned) + P + ORATION around T, def = expulsion |
- Clever and topical, but what happens to the ’S in “President’s” in the wordplay? |
| 7 | Ganesh Raman | Dare to point out an act of expulsion by the state | 16 | 12 | Anagram of DARE TO Point, Anagrind Out, Def on the right |
- Of the two “dare to point out” clues, this one has more staying power |
| 8 | Samit kallianpur | Wine relieves endless suffering in exile (11) | 15 | 9 | [De(-vast + port)ation]. Wine = port (different root). Relieves = substitution indicator. Endless = vast [Collins]. Suffering = devastation. Def = exile. |
- Very clever! Though I think a closer synonym for VAST would be fairer to the solver without damaging the surface |
| 9 | CrypticBlah | Transportation of patriot done illegally (11) | 13 | 10 | *PATRIOTDONE. Def transportation. Surface refers to https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2024/03/the-patriot-convicts/ |
- Nice, but ''transportation'' has most of the answer (de)portation in same order. |
| 10 | Andrew Caves | Outing when Toon partied wildly. | 13 | 8 | Anagram of Toon partied. Referencing Newcastle United's Wembley win. | |
| 11 | President's agenda, lawless trade option (11) | 10 | 9 | PRESIDENT'S AGENDA IS THE DEF/ LAWLESS IS THE ANAGRIND/ TRADE OPTION* |
- Solid and topical! (No need to shout in the annotation, though) - not convinced that lawless works as an anagrind |
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| 12 | Six leaving shift, drinking wine, get expulsion (11) | 9 | 8 | DE(-VI+PORT)ATION. Definition: Expulsion | ||
| 13 | Removal of adenoid at last - complex operation around the throat end (11) | 8 | 7 | Removal (Definition) - (adenoiD){OPERAT(throaT)ION}*, Complex - Anagrind, At last, End - Last letter ind |
- should be end of throat or throat''s end - Nice clue. ''The'' seems extra here...could''ve made it ''around the end of throat'' |
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| 14 | Transportation of camouflaged torpedo in a truck, initially (11) | 8 | 6 | Def - transportation, camouflaged - anagrind, torpedo+in+a+t(truck, initially )= deportation |
- Transportation has most of the answer (de)portation in same order. |
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| 15 | Sort of displacement no patriot essentially accepts? (11) | 8 | 6 | Anagram of (d+no patriot+e) Sort of = anagrind Displacement = d (physics) Essentially accepts = E &lit whole clue is definition | ||
| 16 | Ban Germany's left on a primarily trivial charge (11) | 7 | 5 | Def: BAN DE Germany PORT left A T... ION charge. |
- What happens to the ’S in “Germany’s” in the wordplay? - Charge does not clue ion. An ion is something charged or something with a charge |
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| 17 | Exile from America, tied on rocks outside harbour | 5 | 4 | Def: Exile - Anagram of A TIED ON* around PORT. Rocks - Anagram Indicator | ||
| 18 | Anti-torpedo lost in transit (11) | 5 | 3 | Definition: TRANSIT. Anno: (ANTI-TORPEDO*). Lost - Anagrind |
- I’ve seen “anti-torpedo” as an adjective, but does it mean anything as a noun? - I don''t see how transit defines deportation. |
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| 19 | Exile sick patient using revolving door | 4 | 3 | PATIENT* + DOOR* | ||
| 20 | Extradition & skewed Trade option! | 3 | 3 | (trade option)*. Surface of the clue reads like a topical news headline of the new world! | ||
| 21 | Peurto Rico is caught up in this disproportionate action (11) | 3 | 2 | Composite Anagram, &Lit. Peurto Rico = PR. (PR IS + Deportation) = (Disproportionate)* | ||
| 22 | Boss received backlash over return of IT at removals process | 2 | 2 | Boss (DON) received backlash (ROPE backwards = EPOR) over return of (IT AT backwards = TATI) | ||
| 23 | Status symbol knocked off with Left expulsion (11) | 1 | 1 | Definition is expulsion, status is designation, symbol=sign, left is port, a replacement clue | ||
| 24 | Furor over a new over-the-top period of expulsion | 1 | 1 | Furor over (anagrind) A new N over-the-top OTT [a+n+OTT+period]* of def: expulsion |
- Not sure I buy “furor over” as an anagrind |
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| 25 | Re French wine: a note about export-control? (11) | 1 | 1 | Charade. "Re French"=DE (re/about in French). "wine"=PORT. "a"=A. "note"=TI (music). "about"=ON. "export-control?"=DEPORTATION (punny def.). |
- The definition here seems like a bit of a stretch (even as a pun) |