| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Ate rice and a fine stew in restaurant (9) | 25 | 15 | (ATE RICE + A F)*; fine= f (abbrev), stew= anag ind, defn= restaurant |
- Def "in" Subsidiary Indicator works but not the other way round |
| 2 | Veera Raghavan | Mole ultimately found inside after investigators surround diner (9) | 19 | 12 | C{AF(E)TER}IA. Investigators: CIA. Definition: diner |
- Nice (though I think ‘agents’ would be better than ‘investigators’) |
| 3 | Mona Sogal | Face irate criminal in deli (9) | 17 | 11 | Face irate*/ criminal is anagrind/ deli is definition |
- Def "in" Subsidiary Indicator works but not the other way round |
| 4 | ALP | Place I eat essentially delicious fare? | 17 | 9 | *I+EAT+C+FARE |
- Good attempt, but "Place" doesn''t cut it as an anagrind - No anagram indicator! |
| 5 | Textrous | A place to eat crushed ice after mid-day (9) | 16 | 8 | Def: A place to eat, Anagrind: crushed, mid-dAY=A => ICEAFTER* A | |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Restaurant served, for starters, aloo fried rice and tea (9) | 13 | 8 | Anagram of (A F RICE TEA), served is anagrind, restaurant is def |
- Not sure about "served" as an anagrind |
| 7 | Sitter | Pour out tea with care if serving yourself here | 13 | 7 | Probably not the only one with this anagram (TEA & CAREIF) | |
| 8 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Restaurant order? Ice tea, a fine slice of Roquefort (9) | 11 | 7 | [ICE TEA + A + F (fine) + R (slice or first letter of Roquefort)]* indicated by 'order'. Def. Restaurant | |
| 9 | Sparsh Sinha | Coffee, tea, beer regularly brewed by one american restaurant (9) | 10 | 7 | Def - restaurant, (C)o(f)f(e)e + (t)e(a) + b(e)e(r) , brewed - anagrind = cafeter + i (one) + a(american) = cafeteria |
- A bit of a same-root problem (‘cafeteria’ comes from the Spanish for ‘coffee house’) - Creative! |
| 10 | Ganesh Raman | A cat I fear runs amok in this diner | 9 | 6 | Anagram of A CAT I Fear, Anagrind RUNS Amok, Def on the right |
- Incorrect anagram fodder - Def "in" Subsidiary Indicator works but not the other way round. "this" is playing no role in the clue. |
| 11 | Adman_i | 'Feta Rice' ordered by a diner (9) | 9 | 6 | Diner (Definition) - (FETA RICE)*A, Ordered - Anagrind | |
| 12 | @qpheevr | Provide food fortified with iron and iodine at a buffet (9) | 9 | 6 | CA(FE)TER (provide food=cater, iron=Fe) + I (iodine) + A (a); buffet = definition; fortified with = containment; and, at = juxtaposition | |
| 13 | @LowdownCryptic | Provide food packed with iron at Indian-American lunch spot (9) | 9 | 6 | Provide food = CATER; packed with = insertion ind; iron = FE; Indian = I; American = A; lunch spot = def |
- Ah, I was afraid someone else would come up with CA(FE)TER! *tips hat* |
| 14 | Abhay Phadnis | Rice and feta cooked with tip of asparagus may be served here | 9 | 5 | &lit: "Cooked" [RICE+FETA+A(sparagus)]* may be served in a CAFETERIA |
- Not an &Lit, a semi-&Lit at best |
| 15 | A party in college with express counter that serves eats (9) | 7 | 6 | C(A FETE) AIR<<. Def: That serves eats | ||
| 16 | Where one is found with plate, essentially chasing cooked fare etc. (9) | 6 | 5 | Semi &lit. Def: Where. Anno: (FARE ETC)* IA, One = I, plAte essentially = A, I is found with A after (chasing) the anagram, cooked is the anagrind acting on FARE ETC. | ||
| 17 | An eerie fact? Ecstasy delivered freely in eatery! (9) | 5 | 4 | A EERIE FACT - E * |
- Def "in" Subsidiary Indicator works but not the other way round |
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| 18 | Only self-serving people are found here filling their stomachs! (9) | 5 | 2 | CD; In cafetaria, people pick up their own food and eat . No table service |
- Nice! |
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| 19 | Restaurant from wild Africa hosts topless festival (9) | 4 | 4 | Def: RESTAURANT topless festival (-F)ETE in AFRICA* |
- The use of "from" as a connector between Subsidiary Indicator and Def. requires "hosting" instead of "hosts" |
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| 20 | Eatery honour held by California Artisan intermittently | 4 | 3 | Eatery -def (honour)-fete [held by]-insertion ind.(California)-Ca {A}r{t}i{s}a{n} [intermittently]- alternate ind. | ||
| 21 | Stress free act at excellent retro eatery (9) | 4 | 3 | FREEACT* + IA<<, Def: Eatery | ||
| 22 | Dish served here - a “Feta rice”! Exotic! (9) | 4 | 3 | def: Dish served here ; {a “Feta rice”}* Exotic (anagrind) | ||
| 23 | Vehicle touring festival with setter near Athen's capital finds tea shop(9) | 3 | 3 | Definition: Tea shop. Anno: (CA(FETE)R)(I)(A). Vehicle - CAR. Festival - FETE. Setter - I. Athen's capital - A. Touring - Container indicator |
- It should be “Athens’s capital” or “Athens’ capital” – but for the surface reading, that still doesn’t work, because Athens is a city, not a country/state/province/etc. |
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| 24 | Calcium and iron materials mainly found in eating place (9) | 2 | 2 | Def: Eating place; Calcium = CA, iron = FE; materials mainly is = ma TERIAls; charade clue - CA FE TERIA |
- I’m not sure ‘mainly’ tells the solver enough about which letters to select from MATERIALS - Def "in" Subsidiary Indicator works but not the other way round |