| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Samit kallianpur | Oldest and outdated housing project (5,3) | 36 | 19 | Telescopic. Indicator = housing. Def = Project. |
- Great use of containment - Sorry, I don’t think it really works because ‘out’ is at the start of one of the container words - nice |
| 2 | Adman_i | Sound at concert finally fine-tuned to be striking (5,3) | 24 | 13 | (SOUND AT)(concerT)*, Fine-tuned - anagrind, To be striking -Definition | |
| 3 | @qpheevr | Pop made donuts with date filling (5, 3) | 23 | 11 | (DONUTS + dATe)*; “pop” = def.; “made” = anagrind; “filling” selects middle letters of DATE |
- I think ‘made’ needs to lead to the definition, not the wordplay really. |
| 4 | Womble | Project hidden cost and outgoings | 21 | 12 | Project (def) hidden (indicator) coST AND OUTgoings |
- For the cryptic reading to work, it would need to be “…hidden 𝗶𝗻…” (which would spoil the surface reading) - Nice clue...should be def ''hidden in'' fodder? - Cryptic grammar is not correct - I’m not sure the indicator ‘hidden’ works on its own. It needs to be ‘hidden in’, I think. - hidden doesnt work as an indicator it would need to be hidden in |
| 5 | Ramki Krishnan | Small function to implement, basically using tables in Excel (5,3) | 21 | 10 | Def = Excel, S (small) + TAN (function) + DO (implement) + U T | |
| 6 | CrypticBlah | Guinness bottles with bulge (5,3) | 18 | 11 | Insertion of AND (with) in STOUT (Guinness). Def bulge = project = stand out (from a surface). Some beer bottles have a bulge to assist head formation when pouring. |
- nice clue..needs a dbe? |
| 7 | manish jhaveri | Do a stunt, perhaps, to attract attention (5, 3) | 17 | 13 | do a stunt* def = attract attention | |
| 8 | Guinevere | Fat, round and can’t be missed | 15 | 9 | Definition: Can’t be missed Wordplay STOUT (Fat) around AND |
- POS issue between Can''t be missed and Stand out - Not sure how "round" = "around" |
| 9 | Satyen Nabar | Do a stunt artfully to catch the eye (5,3) | 11 | 9 | (DO A STUNT)*; artfully= anag ind, def= catch the eye | |
| 10 | Suyash Roongta | Donuts at assembly catch the eye (5, 3) | 11 | 8 | (DONUTS AT)*. Def - catch the eye. |
- noun anagrind like assembly cannot come after the fodder IMO. Should be "assembly of - assembly is a noun and does not work as an anagrind without possession or a preposition. |
| 11 | Project with robust banks (5,3) | 9 | 5 | Def: Project, ST(AND)OUT, with - AND, robust - STOUT, Banks - Container indicator |
- The position of the containment indicator isn’t ideal, though I guess it’s allowable if you read “robust banks” as a reduced relative clause |
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| 12 | Do a stunt randomly to attract attention (5.3) | 8 | 7 | (Do a stunt)*, Definition: To attract attention. Surface alludes to IG and Tik Tok content trends | ||
| 13 | Surprisingly stout and exceptional (5,3) | 8 | 5 | Definition is exceptional, anagram of stout and |
- I feel like ''exceptional'' would lead to ''standout'' rather than ''stand out''? - Def ‘exceptional’ works for STANDOUT (8), but not for STAND OUT (5,3) as enumerated - The word to be clued in Stand Out and not standout or stand-out which informally means exceptional - Not sure of the definition - exceptional could perhaps be used to clue "standout" (one word). I don''t think it will work for "stand out". - not a great anagram with and and out just needed swapped in position. |
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| 14 | Do a stunt wackily to grab eyeballs (5,3) | 7 | 5 | Def:to grab eyeballs, Anagrind: wackily, DOASTUNT* |
- grab eyeballs is a strange definition - Sorry, surface is a bit nonsensical for me |
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| 15 | Reassign Dan to US model project (5,3) | 6 | 5 | reassign(anagrind) Dan+to+US* STAND OU model T def: project | ||
| 16 | Do a stunt vigorously to be noticed (5,3) | 6 | 5 | Anagram of do a stunt*/ vigorously is anagrind/ be noticed is def | ||
| 17 | Very good instruction by teacher to errant child in class perhaps | 6 | 4 | DD |
- “Very good” works okay as a def for “STANDOUT” (adj.), but I don’t see how the rest of the clue is a def for STAND OUT (or STANDOUT) - The word to be clued in Stand Out and not standout or stand-out - This is clue for standout (8) not stand out (5,3) - Very good clues stand-out not stand out. They are different parts of speech. That would be ok in WP but not as a definition |
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| 18 | Project in disarray - astound Tory leader | 6 | 3 | ASTOUND* +T | ||
| 19 | Incredible way to make beer | 6 | 3 | Incredible def ST AND OUT makes stout - beer |
- Def ‘incredible’ works for STANDOUT (8), but not for STAND OUT (5,3) - The word to be clued in Stand Out and not standout or stand-out - Lovely! - Sorry, one step too far for me.Possibly would have been better using ‘Guinness’ rather than ‘Beer’ to make it more specific - needs an indicator for the WP and incredible clues stand-out not stand out which are different parts of speech |
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| 20 | Fat nurses hot to trot naked catch the eye | 5 | 2 | STOUT nurses/contains [r]AND[y] = (to) catch the eye |
- hot to trot and randy aren''t synonyms. - I’m not sure ‘hot to trot’ is ‘randy’. |
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| 21 | Do a stunt casually, grab attention (5,3) | 3 | 3 | DOASTUNT*. Casually: anagrind. Definition: grab attention | ||
| 22 | Do a stunt surprisingly and show up (5,3) | 2 | 2 | Definition: Show up. Anno: (DO+A+STUNT)*. Surprisingly - Anagrind | ||
| 23 | Redeemed Utah saint and halo shine | 1 | 1 | [Redeemed]-ana. (Utah)-UT (saint)-ST AND (halo)-O shine-def. |
- fodder is rather indirect with three substitutions |