| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
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| 1 | Textrous | Show me otters and bats (11) | 30 | 18 | Def: Show, Anagrind: bats, MEOTTERSAND* | |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Tate Modern prepared to host sculptor's debut exhibit (11) | 30 | 16 | Anagram ("prepared") of TATE MODERN (famous gallery) to host S ("sculptor's debut"), def: exhibit |
- Beautiful clue! Smooth and coherent surface; wordplay fits together very nicely |
| 3 | @qpheevr | Draper’s first “Mad Men” star to ultimately leave show (11) | 22 | 10 | D (Draper’s first) + (MEN STAR TO)* + E (ultimately leavE); mad = anagrind; show = def. |
- This is genius (I didn’t know the show but I guessed it would be clever so I googled Draper) |
| 4 | Ramki Krishnan | Struggling tradesmen to protest (11) | 21 | 15 | Anagram of TRADESMENTO, def = protest, struggling is indicator | |
| 5 | Adman_i | Show streamed on television initially, flopped (11) | 19 | 13 | Show - Definition, (STREAMED ON Television)*, Initially - First letter selection, Flopped - Anagrind | |
| 6 | CrypticBlah | Sacked tradesmen to protest (11) | 19 | 12 | *TRADESMENTO. Def protest. | |
| 7 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Parade villains heading to trial before judge (11) | 17 | 10 | Def: Parade, Villains - DEMONS + T (heading to trial) + RATE (judge) | |
| 8 | Sparsh Sinha | Show started on time without one model performing (11) | 12 | 8 | Def - show, performing - anagrind, started + on + time - it(one model) | |
| 9 | Sitter | Show building to tradesmen | 11 | 8 | TOTRADESMEN* | |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Monster dancing in stage show(11) | 11 | 7 | Definition: Show. Anno: (DA(MONSTER*)TE). Stage - Date. Monster - Fodder. Dancing - Anagrind. |
- 5 out of 7 letters of "Monster" appear in the same order in Demonstrate, making it a weak anagram fodder - Date = Stage didn’t quite work for me - doesn’t go both ways in thesaurus - Not sure I buy stage = date |
| 11 | "Target Arts! No media is covering revolutionary show!" (11) | 10 | 7 | Reverse Telescopic Clue. Revolutionary is reversal indicator. Def = show. Surface alludes to movies and comedy acts becoming soft targets. |
- Shouldn''t the order of the reversal indicator and containment indicator be switched? |
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| 12 | Show terms on rent during meeting (11) | 10 | 7 | Anagram of terms on (anagrind rent) in date (meeting). Definition = Show | ||
| 13 | Explain evil person's essentially doltish tarrif | 10 | 6 | Def - Explain. Evil person - Demon S T Rate |
- The surface makes little sense - Topical! |
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| 14 | Exhibit of noted master’s sculpture (11) | 10 | 6 | noted master* | anagrind: sculpture | definition: exhibit |
- the ''s and nounal grind don''t work cryptically. - Like this - you could maybe just perfect it by removing ‘if’, as it isn’t needed for the wordplay and I think the surface works better without it! |
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| 15 | Teach daughter to peel lemons and prepare excellent tarts (11) | 10 | 6 | [D+(-l)emon(-s)+(e tarts)*]. Daughter = d. Peel = indicator to remove 1st and last letters (of 'lemons'). Prepare = anagrind. Excellent = E (Collins). Def = teach (Chambers). |
- "to peel lemons" doesn''t work since it''s neither an adj/adv nor an imperative verb |
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| 16 | Model a tested norm! (11) | 10 | 6 | &lit definition; [model] is anagrind [a tested norm] is anagrist |
- I wanted this to work so much but the surface doesn’t quite for me - sorry! |
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| 17 | Modern state regulates protest (11) | 9 | 7 | (Modern state)* indicated by 'regulates'. Def. Protest. Surface alludes to current happenings. |
- "regulates" does not work as an anagrind - Regulate is not an intransitive verb, I thought - Regulate is transitive and should be used imperatively - regulated would work for the cryptic grammar. - regulates as anagrind should come before the fodder (regulated would work) - I wonder if the anagrind would be better as ‘regulating’? |
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| 18 | Worried after close to ten stormed out in protest (11) | 9 | 7 | ATE <=> NSTORMED*. Definition: Protest |
- "in" works as a connector only when the order is - "Def" in "subsidiary indicator", not the other way round |
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| 19 | Show wierdly not streamed | 8 | 6 | Not streamed* |
- weirdly not wierdly but still worth a point despite the typo |
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| 20 | Describe savage government overcoming resistance | 7 | 5 | Definition: “Describe”; charade of DEMON (“savage”) + STATE (“government”) “overcoming” R ("resistance”) = DEMON+ST[R]ATE | ||
| 21 | In court, snarling monster gives evidence (11) | 7 | 5 | MONSTER* in DATE (court); def = evidence |
- 5 out of 7 letters of "Monster" appear in the same order in Demonstrate, making it a weak anagram fodder |
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| 22 | Stars feature on radio show (11) | 4 | 3 | Stars (demons/stars at chess, say) + hom (on radio) of feature/TRAIT>TRATE = (to) show |
- demons and stars are not synonyms - stars = demons seems a bit tenuous to me |
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| 23 | Intimate date with monster. Crazy! | 3 | 3 | Intimate is the literal definition. Crazy is the anagrind. DATE (with) MONSTER is the anagram fodder. |
- 5 out of 7 letters of "Monster" appear in the same order in Demonstrate, making it a weak anagram fodder |
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| 24 | Show, right inside hell? (11) | 3 | 3 | Def: Show; right (r) inside hell(= Demon state); '?' for unusual equation of hell to Demon state | ||
| 25 | Relegate over silly rants to make an example of | 3 | 2 | Relegate (DEMOTE) over silly RANTS | ||
| 26 | Moderates need conservationists in the mix, to put on a show (11) | 2 | 1 | MODERATES need conservationists NT (National Trust, UK); moderates+NT* ; in the mix (anagrind) def: to put on a show |
- "need" is doing nothing in the clue - fodder is treated as singular so it should be needs for the cryptic grammar - This is an indirect anagram |
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| 27 | Strangely amend other's evidence | 1 | 1 | [strangely]-ana (amend others)-fodder evidence-def. |
- Incorrect anagram fodder - I suspect you intended that to be "otter''s" rather than "others" - that''s an unfortunate typo! - The anagram fodder is incorrect - amendothers does not anagram to demonstrate (it has extra h instead of t) - There is a H in the fodder and it is short of one T. - anagram incorrect (h / t) - A problem with the fodder |
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| 28 | Show lover drawing in beast with promotion of drug | 1 | 1 | Definition: Show - Wordplay:DATE (lover) containing (drawing in) MONSTER with the ‘E’ moved to the beginning (promotion of drug) | ||
| 29 | Rendezvous disturbed by drunk monster's parade (11) | 1 | 1 | Rendezvous is date/ disturbed by is containment indicator/ drunk is anagrind for monster*/ parade is definition |
- 5 out of 7 letters of "Monster" appear in the same order in Demonstrate, making it a weak anagram fodder |