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21 people managed to complete the puzzle and submit it within 24 hours. The puzzle had a NINA along the edges which read – ONE HUNDRED GAMES ONE ACROSS)

Here’s the LEADERBOARD

(All correct including NINA, in the order received)

1. Ganesh Nayak
2. Martin DeMello
3. Ramki Krishnan
4. Mohsin Ahmed
5. Brian Dungate
6. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
7. Paddy Craven
8. Sandhya Paruchuri
9. Lahar Appiah
10. Ajeesh V M

(All correct, No NNA)

1. Usha Mehta
2. Heidi Schroeder (had ONE HUNDRED)
3. Amrita Majumdar
4. Manish Mishra
5. Shuchismita Upadhyay
6. Srinivas Kotamarthi

Here’s the picture of the completed grid.

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Here’s the listing of the clues that featured most often in the top 3 list from the solvers

Hamstrings 9 – SSv Avtaar
Tenable 8 – Deepa Jhaveri
Peccadillo 6 – Heidi Schroeder
Enrobing 6 – Sowmya Ramkumar
Terrible 5 – Debasmita Basu
Open up 5 – Gaurav Johri
Quantum 5 – Ramki Krishnan
Aloofly 5 – Manish Misra
Skewer 3 – Bhargav Gopal
Ulterior 2 – Sowmya Ramkumar
Canthi 2 – Usha Mehta
Westminster 2 – Paddy Craven
Renewals 1 – Shrikanth Thirumalaiswami
Rabbie 1 – Brian Dungate
Spherule 1 – Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
Antigua 1 – Abhai Jawa
Oil pipe -1 – SSv Avtaar

By Sowmya

Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain). She is a puzzle editor at Amuselabs. She has set over 1,300 crosswords for various publications including over 1000 mini crosswords, cryptic crosswords (under the pseudonym Hypatia for The Hindu) and themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Businessline). Sowmya runs the Facebook group 1Across where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She has published three compilations of crosswords viz Cryptic Crossroads Volumes 1, 2 and 3. She Tweets cryptic clues daily @somsram

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