Here are the leaderboards and the list of words that have been featured in the 1ACCWC, the winners and their winning clues..
Leaderboards
1ACCWC – Hall of Fame
| S.NO | Word | Winner | Winning Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 525 | THUNDER | Satyen Nabar | Turned crazy, consuming heroin and crack (7) |
| 524 | RETALIATE | @LowdownCryptic | Playing sitar, Beatle starts off “Get Back” (9) |
| 523A | GREECE | Arjun Mukerjee | A place of some pedigree? Certainly. (6) |
| 523B | GREECE | Ramki Krishnan | Most welcome climate…on vacation in European country (6) |
| 523C | GREECE | Ganesh Raman | European nation’s government reissued decree to expel democrat |
| 522 | MOTHER | Satyen Nabar | Raise money for a little boy in trouble (6) |
| 521 | CONCAVE | Samit Kallianpur | Misusing cocaine, one becomes very depressed (7) |
| 520 | PEACE | Sitter | Hope a ceasefire secures this? (5) |
| 519 | CAFETERIA | Satyen Nabar | Ate rice and a fine stew in restaurant (9) |
| 518 | CIGARETTE | Manish Jhaveri | Criminal I target in church is one among a pack of killers (9) |
| 517 | DEMONSTRATE | Textrous | Show me otters and bats (11) |
| 516 | TREADMILL | Satyen Nabar | Am thrilled to avoid hard exercise routine (9) |
| 515 | STAND OUT | Samit Kallianpur | Oldest and outdated housing project (5,3) |
| 514 | DEPORTATION | @LowdownCryptic | Dare to point out something Trump’s doing illegally? (11) |
| 513 | FRACTION | Satyen Nabar | Fine actor in unconventional part (8) |
| 512 | ROUTINE | Saurabh Upadhyay | Predictable loss at home against England (7) |
| 511 | MENTION | Ganesh Raman | Mint one fake note (7) |
| 510 | PINOCCHIO | VMA Nair | Puppet president beginning to impose limit to immigration at chaotic borders controlled by US state (9) |
| 509 | TAVERN | Sowmya Ramkumar | Local travel mostly arranged before noon (6) |
| 508 | BUDGET | Crypticblah | Cheap bigmouthed drunk? Not IMHO (6) |
| 507 | MARRIAGE | Ramki Krishnan | Coach about to leave for Manchester’s first match (8) |
| 506 | ANECDOTE | Sowmya Ramkumar | Cast enacted absorbing love story (8) |
| 505 | ADORATION | Textrous | Love to do a rain dance (9) |
| 504 | CONFETTI | Sitter | It often gets thrown by entrance to church (8) |
| 503 | COMPETITION | Textrous | Prepared topic on time for event (11) |
| 502 | MANIFEST | Satyen Nabar | Mafia sent criminal to kill associate? That’s obvious (8) |
| 501 | VERANDA | N Anantakrishnan | Porch essentially covered with awning at the top (7) |
| 500 | MILESTONE | Textrous | Doctor lies to me about new breakthrough (9) |
| 499 | CONCERT | Ramki Krishnan | Show plan where President is Republican (7) |
| 498 | RIBBON | Satyen Nabar | Introduction to Batman and Robin comic strip (6) |
| 497 | ADVENTURE | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Experience or endure a TV broadcast (9) |
| 496 | MATRIX | N Anantakrishnan | Revolutionary Marxist state's leader is off grid (6) |
| 495 | BEACH | Ganesh Raman | Businessman's capital is pursued by every bank (5) |
| 494 | WHISKY | Satyen Nabar | Wife is extremely kinky after drinking hard liquor (6) |
| 493 | WELL DONE | Samit Kallianpur | No weed left? A little bit of LSD may be good for you! (4,4) |
| 492 | MINESTRONE | @LowdownCryptic | In Rome, sent out for Italian food (10) |
| 491 | MAGICIAN | Textrous | Am I acting craftily to make model disappear? (8) |
| 490A | PAGER | Kaustav Datta | Gadget carried around by teenager - e.g, a phone (5) |
| 490B | PAGER | Samit Kallianpur | Time to stop marketing this gizmo? (5) |
| 489 | ASSAULT | Satyen Nabar | Hit by lust, has a romp when husband's away (7) |
| 488 | RESOURCE | Samit Kallianpur | Sure, core exercises help (8) |
| 487 | TIPTOE | N Anantakrishnan | Note : Potholes every now and then, proceed carefully ((6) |
| 486 | EGOMANIAC | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Trump possibly shot? Come again? (9) |
| 485 | SPEARHEAD | Textrous | Hare sped off to take a leading position (9) |
| 484A | TROPHY | @LowdownCryptic | Cup of wine raised, then happily emptied (6) |
| 484A | TROPHY | Ganesh Raman | Work hard, put in effort, get an award (6) |
| 483 | ESOTERIC | Satyen Nabar | Most see erotic reels in private (8) |
| 482 | ARROGANCE | Textrous | Conceit or rage can go out of control (9) |
| 481 | WEATHER | Satyen Nabar | How a tree releases oxygen, changing atmospheric conditions (7) |
| 480 | RESULT | Ganesh Raman | Bizarre rules lead to terrible outcome (6) |
| 479 | GYRATION | Ramki Krishnan | Ashwin’s opening… trying desperately to grip ball for spin (8) |
| 478 | CALCULATE | Textrous | Tailor cut lace to clothe oddly lean figure (9) |
| 477 | HANG UP | Samit Kallianpur | Henry called….and right away, cut the call! (4,2) |
| 476 | RETIRE | Suyash Roongta | Consumed by regret, I resolve to go away (6) |
| 475 | INHERITANCE | Gayathri Viswanath | What my late mother left for me – entire China set (11) |
| 474 | GO BANANAS | N Anantakrishnan | Get upset with travel restrictions limiting all new arrivals basically (2,7) |
| 473 | ELECT | Satyen Nabar | Pick up succulent celery sandwiches (5) |
| 472 | PARTICLE | N Anantakrishnan | Beginning to panic? Maybe a bit (8) |
| 471 | INSTRUMENT | Textrous | Inmates turn violent without a control mechanism (10) |
| 470 | ACADEMY | Samit Kallianpur | Came a day, sadly, when one had to leave school (7) |
| 469 | HANDLE | Ramki Krishnan | Pick up spinach and lettuce sandwiches (6) |
| 468 | CUL-DE-SAC | Suyash Roongta | Panicking, accused takes left into blind alley (3-2-3) |
| 467 | REFLECT | Textrous | Right to vote inspires fellow to think carefully (7) |
| 466A | LEAPING | Sowmya Ramkumar | Skipping rum, gin and ale, drinks Pepsi, essentially (7) |
| 466B | LEAPING | Veera Raghavan | Jumping rekindled leg pain (7) |
| 465 | PETROLEUM | @LowdownCryptic | Favourite part in movie? Naked bums, to be crude (9) |
| 464 | ANTIQUE | Ramki Krishnan | Old criminal ran away from quarantine (7) |
| 463 | MOBILE | @LowdownCryptic | Active couples starting mountain biking lessons (6) |
| 462 | PERSEVERE | Satyen Nabar | Go on wild spree, drinking endlessly (9) |
| 461 | IDOL | Ganesh Raman | Iconic depiction of Lord, primarily (4) |
| 460 | CELEBRATION | Satyen Nabar | Party supporter involved in rigging election (11) |
| 459 | A CLEAN SLATE | Sowmya Ramkumar | Beginning from MacLean’s latest (1,5,5) |
| 458 | SUSPEND | Satyen Nabar | Extremely shocked about American writer’s arrest (7) |
| 457A | MERRY | N Anantakrishnan | Gay couple left America for England |
| 457B | MERRY | Textrous | Drunk setter’s about to make a mistake |
| 456 | CHLORINATED | Satyen Nabar | Children at old complex like the swimming pools (11) |
| 455B | NIGHTMARE | Qpheevr | Arming the rebels for a worst-case scenario (9) |
| 455A | NIGHTMARE | Satyen Nabar | Hearts captured by poor emigrant's ordeal (9) |
| 454 | VALOUR | Textrous | Spirit from a small bottle knocking out one of us (6) |
| 453 | MATCH | Sparsh Sinha | Initially mocked, Australian team create history in tournament (5) |
| 452 | GESTURE | Satyen Nabar | Starts to eat uncooked rice, gets loose motion (7) |
| 451 | LAMP | Qpheevr | Looking at my phone primarily as a light source (4) |
| 450 | UBER | Ramki Krishnan | The best of Youtube reels (4) |
| 449 | CACOPHONY | Suyash Roongta | California policeman gets love after busting drug racket (9) |
| 448 | MEDAL | Saurabh Upadhyay | Order upended in Israel, a democracy (5) |
| 447 | LEAGUE | Ramki Krishnan | Extremely lithe and fit for competition (8) |
| 446 | UNIFORM | Satyen Nabar | High on rum, cuddling single female in flat (7) |
| 445 | BOYCOTT | Sparsh Sinha | Boozy actor regularly seen with two models at bar (7) |
| 443 | TREASON | Suyash Roongta | Heartache, essentially, about a child's betrayal (7) |
| 442 | LANDING | Ganesh Raman | A dash of lemon with gin ordered at the end of a flight (7) |
| 441 | OPPENHEIMER | Satyen Nabar | Pioneer, he worked with initiators of Manhattan Project (11) |
| 440 | HEATWAVE | Sowmya Ramkumar | Man at women’s topless party has a torrid time! (8) |
| 439 | THREADS | Amrita Majumdar | Not a bit of crease in freshly starched clothes (7) |
| 438 | PASTIME | Satyen Nabar | Team is buckling under pressure in game (7) |
| 437 | TITAN | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Wasn't it a navigation component responsible for this submersible mishap? (5) |
| 436 | SMART ALEC | Satyen Nabar | Male star playing lead in Chinatown as a clever dick (5,4) |
| 435 | ACT OF GOD | Textrous | Natural disaster got a doc worried about the onset of fatalities (3,2,3) |
| 434 | LITIGATION | Ramki Krishnan | Relief after spending money to get topmost lawyer for case (10) |
| 433 | SCEPTRE | Textrous | Royal staff's lurid secret about prince (7) |
| 432 | EUPHORIA | Satyen Nabar | Hear opium's fantastic, leaving many in bliss (8) |
| 431 | CONSUMMATE | Textrous | Practised mum's one-act plays (10) |
| 430 | VACATION | @LowdownCryptic | Doctor can't avoid missing day trip (8) |
| 429 | PROXY | Satyen Nabar | CPR, oxygen saves delegate (5) |
| 428 | STAND | Adman | Street with a view (5) |
| 427 | ASSIDUOUS | Raj Jayaram | So, US aid made us hard-working? (9) |
| 426 | DIATRIBE | Venkatesan P | Criticism? I'd bear it anyway! (8) |
| 425 | PASTRIES | Textrous | Baked stuff that is taken from patisserie, perhaps (8) |
| 424 | DEFAMATION | Ganesh Raman | Doctor, I am not deaf! That’s a personal attack (10) |
| 423 | REVERBERATE | Satyen Nabar | Boxer’s last two vertebrae injured in ring (11) |
| 422 | DANCE | Ramki Krishnan | Old ancestral houses rock! (5) |
| 421 | CLINICAL | Satyen Nabar | Disinterested husband dumped I can chill out (8) |
| 420 | EMPOWERMENT | Veera Raghavan | Desperate workmen meet prince when king is away to get permission (11) |
| 419 | AHA MOMENT | Amrita Majumdar | Sudden discovery of a sacred mantra found in stirring anthem (3,6) |
| 418 | CURTAIN | Satyen Nabar | Dog can have glaucoma, eventually becoming blind (7) |
| 417 | CONGLOMERATE | Suyash Roongta | A long-term CEO restructured business empire. (12) |
| 416 | PATTERN | Satyen Nabar | Model, say, going topless - enthralled by pot (7) |
| 415 | PREPOSTEROUS | Samit Kallianpur | Broadcast: “Europe stops war at last!…That’s incredible!” (12) |
| 414 | SECOND | Saurabh Upadhyay | Oddly, she’s crowned the runner-up (6) |
| 413 | HIGH-FLYER | @LowdownCryptic | Greetings! Good handoff after vacation – let’s start year picking out a winner (4-5) |
| 412 | PLUCKY | N Anantakrishnan | Bold cover of Playboy amasses fortune (6) |
| 411 | PROPAGANDA | Madhusudan H | A dangerous app spreads useless disinformation (10) |
| 410 | NO-BRAINER | N Anantakrishnan | Air borne pathogen ultimately spreads - that's obvious (2-7) |
| 409 | FOOTBALL | Madhusudan H | A sport where forwards outrun opponents, tackle blockers and land lethal headers (8) |
| 408 | SENTIMENT | Satyen Nabar | Feeling smitten, one nervously expresses love (9 |
| 407 | WAITRESSES | Samit Kallianpur | Is water frequently served by them? (10) |
| 406 | MONKEY BUSINESS | Manish Jhaveri | Team on key bus in Essex caught clowning around (6,8) |
| 405 | NAIL-BITING | Satyen Nabar | Wild night in Bali without husband is exciting (4-6) |
| 404A | DIABOLIC | Ganesh Raman | Vicious biomedical waste killing me (8) |
| 404 | DIABOLIC | Vinod Raman | Shocking alibi coward fabricated to avoid war (8) |
| 403 | NEW YORK | Ramki Krishnan | Notable banks operate around Yankee state (3,4) |
| 402 | MINIONS | Suyash Roongta | Lackeys abandoned unionism after leader disappeared (7) |
| 401 | FAREWELL | Sparsh Sinha | For starters, Federer and Rafa’s encounter was epic ! Lovely last act of departure (8) |
| 400 | EMBRYO | Madhusudan H | Baby-to-be starts to expand, mother buys relaxing yoga outfit (6) |
| 399 | FUNERAL | Ananth Srinivasan | Fuel ran out? That's the last thing you need! (7) |
| 398 | SUPERLATIVE | @inwitinwit | Free exchange of rupees vital for capital. (11) |
| 397 | RECOVERY | Dave Williams | Getting back on top? Yes! (8) |
| 396 | COMEDIAN | Suyash Roongta | Chris Rock perhaps made icon mad (8) |
| 395 | DRESSING GOWN | Ganesh Raman | Spooner’s figuring out, standing next to sink, what to wear while at home (8,4) |
| 394 | SUPREME COURT | Dave Williams | Overturning ‘Roe’? Cue Trump’s appointed justices (7,5) |
| 393 | MODERATION | @LowdownCryptic | Cook me tandoori – not too much! (10) |
| 392 | CAPITALIST | qpheevr | Supplier of dough for California flatbread menu (10) |
| 391 | ANTHEM | Ganesh Raman | Slogan the motherland embraces! (6) |
| 390 | DAREDEVIL | Suyash Roongta | Reckless management of deadlier variant, at first (9) |
| 389 | SCARLET | Vinod Raman | Red alerts reissued to contain the onset of Covid-19 (7) |
| 388 | CHARISMA | Madhusudan H | Leaders of Congress hallucinate about Rahul inheriting Sonia's money and appeal (8) |
| 387 | SINGER | Samit Kallianpur | Diva's embraced by fans, in Germany (6) |
| 386 | AIR HOSTESS | Satyen Nabar | Neerja for one is a hero, shot protecting travellers primarily with extreme selflessness (3,7) |
| 385 | BIODIVERSITY | Vinod Raman | I'd bet ivory is plundered for natural richness (12) |
| 384 | SMACK | Ganesh Raman | Hit-man’s head found in gunny bag (5) |
| 383 | VARIABLE | Myra Shah | Unsettle a rival? Be unpredictable! (8) |
| 382 | DYNASTY | Sparsh Sinha | Rule no.1 of dieting - you never add sugar to yogurt (7) |
| 381 | PIPE DREAM | Manish Jhaveri | Pampered Indian leader engineered Achche Din perhaps (4, 5) |
| 380 | SPRING | Madhusudan H | After regular losses, Super Kings struck boundaries to bounce back (6) |
| 379 | HOST | Lily Geller | Who’s that entertaining emcee? (4) |
| 378 | ADVOCATE | N Anantakrishnan | Essentially, Novak acted improperly for a champion (8) |
| 377 | MANUSCRIPT | Lily Geller | Arcane stamp with runic handwriting (10) |
| 376 | SHAMPOO | @LowdownCryptic | Quiet morning? Relieve yourself – it's what almost everyone does in the shower (7) |
| 375 | CONTRACT | Madhusudan H | Leaders of China open new trade route after cancelling Taiwan's agreement (8) |
| 374 | RESILIENT | Lily Geller | Gargling Listerine is tough (9) |
| 373 | INVASION | Raj Jayaram | Attack in vain - so sad! (8) |
| 372 | TALL ORDER | Satyen Nabar | Alert old leader of Russia making unreasonable demand (4,5) |
| 371 | RICOCHET | Ganesh Raman | Top leader pursuing filthy rich CEO for a kickback (8) |
| 370 | ENTROPY | Myra Shah | Perhaps poetry captures the essence of one’s turmoil (7) |
| 369 | LIGHTER | Nate Cardin | Flying? That fear's occasionally not as serious (7) |
| 368 | CHAMELEON | Arjun Mukerjee | Lehman CEO? Crooked opportunist! (9) |
| 367 | METRONOME | Vinod Raman | No more time glitches when one's set off (9) |
| 366 | SECURITY | Ananth Srinivasan | Corrupt countryside don denied immunity (8) |
| 365 | FRAGILE | N Anantakrishnan | Vulnerable kid is sucked into criminal life (7) |
| 364 | SILVESTER | Amrita Majumdar | Silver set used for celebration (9) |
| 364a | SILVESTER | Ananth Srinivasan | Nun shelters wingless elves of the woodland (9) |
| 363 | CHRISTMAS | Debbie Manber Kupfer | Holiday trims cash dramatically! (9) |
| 362 | TINSEL | SSv Avtaar | What essentially glistens gaudily (6) |
| 361 | VARIANT | Amrita Majumdar | An introduction to visual art in a new form (7) |
| 360 | FULL CIRCLE | Satyen Nabar | Flu left cleric shivering in round trip (4,6) |
| 359 | SHOWER | Gayathri Viswanath | Fixture found in bathroom - mirror, perhaps? (6) |
| 358 | CARNAGE | Thejaswi Udupa | Worry about plague causing widespread destruction (7) |
| 357 | CLIMATE | Amrita Majumdar | Capitals of Chile and Peru with extremely temperate weather (7) |
| 356 | SUPERNATURAL | Satyen Nabar | Mysterious criminal nurtures a plan to kill nationalist (12) |
| 355 | PARLIAMENT | Amrita Majumdar | Post retirement, lived in father's house (10) |
| 354 | GUARDIAN | Samit Kallianpur | A drug bust?...One by a new warden! (8) |
| 353 | IMPROMPTU | Satyen Nabar | One-man concert put up without preparation (9) |
| 352 | LEADER | Ananth Srinivasan | Editorial left reviewer scratching head (6) |
| 352A | LEADER | Ramki Krishnan | Chief Advocate beheaded!! (6) |
| 351 | PARADISE | N Anantakrishnan | A date in Paris, ending in love and bliss (8) |
| 350 | BLUE WHALE | Veera Raghavan Sundararajan | Sad when setter was killed by a mammal (4,5) |
| 349 | TEENAGERS | Ramki Krishnan | At war, sergeant starting to enlist minors (9) |
| 348 | MEANDER | Manish Jhaveri | Need a suspect in murder case to talk more than necessary (7) |
| 347 | DEBACLE | Ganesh Nayak | Fiasco in bed: upset over another clear failure to climax (7) |
| 346 | PEGASUS | Ramki Krishnan | Malware: Case of phones getting infected by careless usage (7) |
| 345 | SUSPECT | Satyen Nabar | Unreliable faction seizes power after America withdraws (7) |
| 344 | JAVELIN | Saurabh Upadhyay | Neeraj returned after vacation to dominate a live sporting event (7) |
| 343 | TRACK | SSv Avtaar | Top of the shelf scent (5) |
| 342 | COMPETE | Gayathri Viswanath | Student lost in close battle (7) |
| 341 | OBJECT | Amrita Majumdar | Old and miserable without a plan (6) |
| 340 | VICTORY | Camelia Oberoi | Win by conservative party after corruption is reduced (7) |
| 339 | AMBIGUITY | Amrita Majumdar | Doubt a doctor with innocent face is responsible for killing 50 (9) |
| 339A | AMBIGUITY | Saurabh Upadhyay | Friendship takes a turn after overcoming serious doubt (9) |
| 338 | HACKNEYED | Manish Misra | Cut ‘n’ saw routine (9) |
| 337 | OVERCAST | Satyen Nabar | Covers at ground? It's cloudy (8) |
| 336 | PENCHANT | Manish Jhaveri | Fancy swansong (8) |
| 335 | BEAT | Ananth Srinivasan | Speculate about a strike (4) |
| 334 | LIBERAL | Thejaswi Udupa | Most reliable, well-organized, open-minded person (7) |
| 333 | EVERGREEN | Satyen Nabar | Enduringly popular revenge novel about woman killing husband (9) |
| 332 | LOITER | Manish Jhaveri | Roleplay involved sex in drag (6) |
| 331 | MEGALOMANIAC | Thejaswi Udupa | With Shah, this person drunk on power becomes macho Sanghi male (12) |
| 330 | TRUMPET | Satyen Nabar | Mutter softly perhaps? Quite the opposite (7) |
| 329 | MANIPULATE | Veera Raghavan Sundararajan | Parliament has no right to take over university, deceptively getting control (10) |
| 329A | MANIPULATE | Sowmya Ramkumar | Naipaul met eccentric doctor (10) |
| 328 | DISPARAGE | SSv Avtaar | Mock parade is organised, welcoming leader in Gujarat (9) |
| 327 | ORNATE | Manish Jhaveri | Like jewellery worn at exclusive shows (6) |
| 326 | SPIKE | Maya Sharma | Primarily stock prices indicate key economic projection (5) |
| 325 | SUEZ CANAL | SSv Avtaar | Can US zeal free blocked route for ships ? (4,5) |
| 324 | OPINION | Satyen Nabar | Thought of poison in cocktail to get rid of missus finally (7) |
| 323 | MANDOLIN | Ajeesh VM | Old man dancing and playing musical instrument (8) |
| 322 | LASHES | Ramki Krishnan | Beats criminal as he steals sandwiches (6) |
| 321 | STADIUM | Deepa Jhaveri | Motera, say, must aid spin (7) |
| 320 | CURFEW | Manish Jhaveri | Clampdown by leader disregarded by some (6) |
| 319 | TOOLKIT | N Anantakrishnan | Look out! One has been arrested by heartless tyrant for document on social media campaign (7) |
| 318 | FASCISM | Satyen Nabar | Fellow orchestrating scams across India for authoritarian rule (7) |
| 317 | ONCE IN A BLUE MOON | Ajeesh VM | Very rarely announce old mobile updates (4,2,1,4,4) |
| 316 | MALAISE | Satyen Nabar | Kamala is elected, curbing unease (7) |
| 315 | PRIVACY | Ramki Krishnan | Troubled vicar enters empty priory to get solitude (7) |
| 314 | HOOLIGANS | Manish Jhaveri | Rioters who, with leader gone, get thrown in gaols (9) |
| 313 | FANTASTIC | SSv Avtaar | It's a fact -nation's leader is sneaky and unbelievable (9) |
| 312 | FINAL | Samit Kallianpur | Last bookshelf in a library section (5) |
| 311 | MISTLETOE | N Anantakrishnan | Film with the French legend! It calls for a kiss (9) |
| 310A | CREATURE | Satyen Nabar | Person mixing the curare to kill husband (8) |
| 310 | CREATURE | Ramki Krishnan | Human's right to have breakthrough antidote (8) |
| 309 | FARMER | Manish Jhaveri | He grows much more agitated without support of those in the centre (6) |
| 308 | MARADONA | N Anantakrishnan | Footballer's drama on a ground (8) |
| 307 | PUNY | Satyen Nabar | Petty president, essentially out by new year (4) |
| 306 | WARMTH | Ramki Krishnan | After battle, leaders of military troops have to demonstrate cordiality (6) |
| 305 | PANDEMONIUM | Ajeesh VM | Stir and roast on medium flame (11) |
| 304 | PLATE | Ramki Krishnan | Serving as President? No more! (5) |
| 303 | EXPONENTIAL | Ajeesh VM | Explain note about a type of mathematical function (11) |
| 302 | ADIPOSE | Satyen Nabar | Top ideas devised to lose a little tummy fat (7) |
| 301 | CULTURE | Manish Jhaveri | Cruel, tainted, unprincipled leaders destroyed society (7) |
| 300 | CHUTNEY | Gaurav Johri | Ordered my set lunch without starters. It's usually spicy (7) |
| 299 | HASH | Vinit Wankhede | Leading heroine has arranged some dope (4) |
| 298 | CLAIMED | Satyen Nabar | Alleged hint of conspiracy left media in a frenzy (7) |
| 297 | HAPPINESS | Manish Jhaveri | Laughter eases pains ... helps forget first love (9) |
| 296 | BOTTLE OPENER | Satyen Nabar | On beer and pot, let loose - it's what drinker needs (6,6) |
| 295 | ALL THE BEST | Ajeesh VM | Wish rum bottles heal the absence of love (3,3,4) |
| 294 | MASK | Ramki Krishnan | Form a skin covering (4) |
| 293 | IMPERATIVE | Satyen Nabar | Crucial ring stolen in exciting pirate movie (10) |
| 292 | PRODIGAL | Krishnan Anantheswaran | Expert probe finds Article 50 reckless (8) |
| 291 | CHAMPION | Ramki Krishnan | Support study covering Indian heritage site (8) |
| 290 | ABSTRACT | Gaurav Johri | In short, a system of organs behind the pelvic muscles (8) |
| 289 | MINORITY | HMS Cryptic | Modi is now openly recognizing India's talented, young leaders of the smaller group (8) |
| 288 | ENCOUNTER | SSv Avtaar | Contest played on Centre Court , essentially (9) |
| 288a | ENCOUNTER | Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Total time lost in board meeting (9) |
| 287 | NEPOTISM | Andrew Thangaraj | Favouritism is adopted by corrupt top men (8) |
| 286 | COURAGE | Manish Jhaveri | It's shown by soldiers fighting Chinese on the front these days (7) |
| 285 | PURPOSE | Manish Jhaveri | Aspire to recreate Leonardo's last Supper (7) |
| 284 | MIGRANT | Amrita Majumdar | I am raising money for displaced worker (7) |
| 283 | TENDER | HMS Cryptic | Offer to recall censored Netflix content (6) |
| 282 | FIGURE | Manish Jhaveri | Grief spreads with Trump in the Centre as leader (6) |
| 281 | IGNORANCE | Camelia Oberoi | It can be bliss to play organ in Church (9) |
| 280 | PERSISTENT | Satyen Nabar | Constant parking problem in streets (10) |
| 279 | SUBLIME | Ganesh Nayak | Toasted muesli infused with blueberry essence is out of this world! (7) |
| 278 | DEADPAN | HMS Cryptic | Early signs of deadly epidemics and dangerous pandemics are not serious (7) |
| 277 | TOURNAMENT | Andrew Thangaraj | World cup team not worried about miserable run (10) |
| 276 | PEDESTRIAN | Ganesh Nayak | Ordinary train running with extraordinary speed (10) |
| 276a | PEDESTRIAN | SSv Avtaar | Severely strained after workout everyday (10) |
| 275 | DISTANCE | Manish Jhaveri | It’s awkwardly maintained during social separation (8) |
| 274 | HOPE | Manish Jhaveri | What people look for every second in the Covid epidemic perhaps? (4) |
| 273 | SALUBRIOUS | Satyen Nabar | Resolution of labour issue, largely beneficial (10) |
| 272 | VACCINE | Ganesh Nayak | Jonas Salk discovered one suspended in scenic cave (7) |
| 271 | MARCH | Ramesh Swaminathan | This month all leading markets are repeatedly crashing, help (5) |
| 270 | PROPERTY | SSv Avtaar | Often, pure poetry is edited for quality (8) |
| 269 | BEARING | Ramki Krishnan | Pray to receive fresh rain and air (7) |
| 268 | PARASITE | SSv Avtaar | One gatecrashing parties maybe? (8) |
| 267 | CRACKERS | N Anantakrishnan | After Christiano Ronaldo's headers, supporters start going crazy (8) |
| 266 | CAUCUS | Amrita Majumdar | Students ditch differential calculus session (6) |
| 265 | PANDEMIC | Thejaswi Udupa | Damn! Epic outbreak. (8) |
| 264 | WELCOME | Satyen Nabar | Most ladies around the Spanish club are desirable (7) |
| 263 | ACCIDENT | N Anantakrishnan | Misadventure of "acche din" unraveling - truth finally coming out with time (8) |
| 262 | UNIVERSITY | Ramki Krishnan | Institution training you primarily in virtues (10) |
| 261 | DEFRAY | Satyen Nabar | Dare to tackle Iran! Heartily pay (6) |
| 260 | VISION | Andrew Thangaraj | Dream for one to enter lover's heart is working (6) |
| 259 | AMENDMENT | Viresh Ratnakar | A date, oddly involving two men, for a change (9) |
| 258 | APOLOGISE | Satyen Nabar | Express regret when logo is misprinted in copy (9) |
| 257 | ADOPTION | Veera Raghavan Sundararajan | A party working around news agency for acceptance (8) |
| 256 | PINK | Fa Ten | Rose to stick with Jack in the end (4) |
| 255 | CAREFUL | Thejaswi Udupa | Members of Forward Bloc are fully on guard (7) |
| 254 | PARK | Ramki Krishnan | Son left Kindle in garden (4) |
| 253 | COMPOSED | Vinit Wankhede | Wrote sad poems about love during cold days (8) |
| 252 | REPUDIATE | SSv Avtaar | Pure dates, mostly cultivated around Indian desert (9) |
| 251 | OCCASION | Andrew Thangaraj | Retired company auditor is up on time for event (8) |
| 250 | ARGUMENT | Lakshmi Vaidyanathan | Urgent ! Am out for a debate (8) |
| 249 | DRAFT | Satyen Nabar | Denuding Aarey in irresponsible plan (5) |
| 248 | TOLERANCE | Arjun Mukerjee | CEO learnt about patience (9) |
| 247 | DOG | Fa Ten | Ring with diamonds on top, girl's best friend? (3) |
| 246 | SUSPENSE | Vinit Wankhede | It stirs up senses! (8) |
| 245 | NOVICE | Satyen Nabar | Sadly, I've no competence to begin with (6) |
| 244 | ABROGATE | Ashit Hegde | Initially, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha openly gallivanted - had to break off (8) |
| 243 | SOAP OPERA | Satyen Nabar | Serial appears too outlandish - waste of time (4,5) |
| 242 | MEDITATION | Sundararaman Srinivasan | A method to tie a mind that's wandering (10) |
| 241 | DELUGE | Guruswamy Nataraj | Pull through a river in spate (6) |
| 240 | UNEARTH | Andrew Thangaraj | Her aunt becomes mine (7) |
| 239 | BELLWETHER | Neelima Rai | The leader bowled surprisingly well there (10) |
| 238 | ORCHESTRA | Satyen Nabar | I'm quitting choirmaster's new band (9) |
| 237 | BEDEVIL | SSv Avtaar | Doctor believed one drug eradicated plague (7) |
| 236 | FORECAST | Nemo Omen | Divine forces at play (8) |
| 235 | SUCCULENT | Manjunath Gawade | Such detailed book about cryptic clue's delightful (9) |
| 234 | SPILL THE BEANS | Satyen Nabar | Slept with hot lesbian slyly? Tell all (5,3,5) |
| 233 | VERTIGO | Manish Misra | Medical condition of very complicated goitre (7) |
| 232 | BEER | Satyen Nabar | Bit of free booze lifts spirit (4) |
| 231 | BOLT | Viresh Ratnakar | Screw-up in Brexit lobby? (4) |
| 230 | SHENANIGANS | Sundararaman Srinivasan | Playing in an Ashes game on debut, player indulged in dishonest activities (11) |
| 229 | BETTER HALF | Amrita Majumdar | Husband left the bar staggering (6,4) |
| 228 | ARITHMETIC | Sundararaman Srinivasan | Possibly, trickiest math that leaves many stumped (10) |
| 227 | FALSE TEETH | Ramki Krishnan | Choppers that land in water at night? (5,5) |
| 226 | MANIFESTO | Iis Venky | It often aims to confuse? (9) |
| 225 | TIGER WOODS | Manjunath Gawade | This international golfer's exceptionally remarkable, winner of over dozen sports titles (5,5) |
| 224 | PHILANDER | Ramki Krishnan | After soft greeting, put both hands around sweetheart to flirt (9) |
| 223 | TRUMPET | Satyen Nabar | Mutter softly perhaps? Quite the opposite (7) |
| 222 | DOUBLE | M Scrabbler | Dolly, oddly underweight baby lamb, earth's first clone (6) |
| 221 | FEATHER | Ashley Smith | Down here fat melts (7) |
| 220 | SHAPE | Satyen Nabar | Cherish a perfectly maintained physique (5) |
| 219 | OBJECTIVE | Manjunath Gawade | Just another job sweetheart, working topless (9) |
| 218 | WARMONGER | Vinit Wankhede | Belligerent men are wrong, misguided (9) |
| 217 | CORDIAL | Ramki Krishnan | Cold air turning warm (7) |
| 216 | REDOLENT | Thejaswi Udupa | Suggestive dress? Don't leer! (8) |
| 215 | RADIANT | Tulika Das | Brilliant maneuver in the end by Nadia performing on bar (7) |
| 214 | STING | Vinit Wankhede | Hurting inside? Trust in God! (5) |
| 213 | ELECTIONS | Satyen Nabar | A little stunned after Left topples Right in assembly polls (9) |
| 212 | STRENGTH | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Last couples in contest are dancing with intensity (8) |
| 211 | ADMINISTRATOR | Ganesh Nayak | Here, skillful Sowmya's one, adroit Martin's another (13) |
| 210 | MASQUERADE | Sandhya Paruchuri | Surprisingly, drama queen's not the centre of attention in a fancy-dress ball (10) |
| 209 | FIREWORKS | Satyen Nabar | Hysterics and fury before wife breaks cutlery (9) |
| 208 | TENTATIVE | Arun Kumar | Temporary shelter had four inside (9) |
| 207 | DELEGATE | Manjunath Gawade | Representative of Rafale finally gets support in court (8) |
| 206 | CALAMITY | Sowmya Ramkumar | Still not married, understanding it could be a disaster (8) |
| 205 | ATELIER | Ganesh Nayak | Studio had rooftop lounge included (7) |
| 204 | EVIDENCE | Ajeesh VM | Witness and criminal need advice in the absence of lawyer (8) |
| 203 | STRETCH | Manjunath Gawade | Reach again for one in pain (7) |
| 202 | FORWARD | Dhirendra Tripathi | Because there's will at first, there's a way ahead (7) |
| 201 | SUPERLATIVE | Antonio Sarmiento | Best value: ripest bananas (11) |
| 200 | FESTIVAL | Ramki Krishnan | Last five crackers for Diwali, say (8) |
| 199 | ACHING | Amrita Majumdar | Desperately wanting a cold gin cocktail having a dash of honey (6) |
| 198 | SABOTAGE | Satyavrat Bondre | Leaders of Saudi Arabia become overly troubled about Government's elitist disruption (8) |
| 197 | CHALLENGE | Satyen Nabar | Tax measure withdrawn in amendment (9) |
| 196 | INTEGRATE | Sowmya Ramkumar | By mistake, tag entire group (9) |
| 195 | BASKET CASE | Sundararaman Srinivasan | Best cake? A special, fluffy fruitcake! (6,4) |
| 195 | BASKET CASE | Kaustav Datta | Often, she takes cab to travel, being one who can't walk independently? (6,4) |
| 194 | FALLS | Sowmya Ramkumar | Families, on vacation, pack everything for trips |
| 193 | SPLENDOUR | Sundararaman Srinivasan | Controversial US open ends in slur, overshadowed individual brilliance (9) |
| 192 | UNIVERSAL | Satyen Nabar | Common worry - Rupee beginning to slide in value (9) |
| 191 | INDICT | Ramki Krishnan | Mallya finally leaves country, facing court charge (6) |
| 190 | IMRAN KHAN | Viresh Ratnakar | Politician of Muslim rank, handsome (5,4) |
| 189 | DEMOCRACY | Satyen Nabar | Protest and shout about current system of government (9) |
| 188 | COLLAPSE | Sundararaman Srinivasan | Fail or pass? Pass!(8) |
| 187 | OFFERTORY | Supriya Mithal | Removing lid from strongbox, Party member finds mass donations (9) |
| 186 | ASSEVERATE | Sundararaman Srinivasan | A divide in AP, say, on ceding capital of Telangana State (10) |
| 185 | AWARD | Ramki Krishnan | Died after a battle, getting Param Vir Chakra say (5) |
| 184 | GOAL | Kaustav Datta | What Diego Alves keeps? (4) |
| 183 | ENVELOPES | Ramki Krishnan | Stupid peon leaves without a set of office supplies (9) |
| 182 | DEVASTATE | SSv Avtaar | Spoil Rig Veda, say (9) |
| 181 | ESTABLISH | Chatur Vasi | Found to be less habit-forming (9) |
| 180 | BREAK A LEG | Satyen Nabar | Good luck fixing leak in rickety barge (5,1,3) |
| 179 | EXPRESS DELIVERY | Sowmya Ramkumar | Ex spy redelivers criminal for quick handover (7,8) |
| 178 | PICTURE | Ramki Krishnan | Person with fine taste, heading off to frame Monet's final painting (7) |
| 177 | NATURE | SSv Avtaar | Exercise, eat and run wild (6) |
| 176 | SUPERMOM | Sudarshan Jaganathan | Rumi's poem about selfless, extraordinary parent (8) |
| 175 | PALINDROME | Ramki Krishnan | Perhaps Mum and daughter visiting friend in old city (10) |
| 174 | BALANCE | Ashley Smith | Barbarism - as likely as not - leads to extremes of corrective justice (7) |
| 173 | ENTERTAIN | Sandhya Paruchuri | Please restore internet access first (9) |
| 172 | PRISON | Satyen Nabar | Where one might meet pen pals? (6) |
| 171 | SABBATICAL | Kaustav Datta | Leave from work and start to book a cab, as it turns left (10) |
| 170 | RELEVANT | Satyen Nabar | Concealing ball tampering! Alert one captures piece of video that's to the point (8) |
| 169 | NINCOMPOOP | Jyotsna Deo | Muddled companion forgets blood group before operation. He's an idiot (10) |
| 168 | TAKE IT EASY | Satyen Nabar | Drink a beverage with spot of Scotch at the end of day to relax (4, 2, 4) |
| 167 | EXTROVERT | Ramki Krishnan | Former teetotaller is drinking? Right on! He's a sociable person (9) |
| 166 | BANDICOOT | Satyen Nabar | Debar diamond company! Seize Modi finally to bring back big rat (9) |
| 165 | SCORE | Chatur Vasi | Pictorial clue of the number 20, with a line across it |
| 164 | COMPETENT | SSv Avtaar | Skilful in bed, politician screwed teen (9) |
| 163 | ASPIRATION | Satyen Nabar | Flying into Paris, nursing a dream (10) |
| 162 | INCONSIDERATE | Heidi Schroeder | Without thinking, inserted a coin the wrong way (13) |
| 161 | ENLIGHTEN | Sowmya Ramkumar | Start to elucidate, in length, perhaps (9) |
| 160 | CRIME | Guruswamy Nataraj | Breakdown of law and order has America essentially in turmoil (5) |
| 159 | ABSOLUTELY | Kaustav Datta | It's essential in trade to buy/sell freely without restrictions (10) |
| 158 | FITNESS | Satyen Nabar | Resolve stiffens to lose a bit of flab to achieve this (7) |
| 157 | SANCTION | Supriya Mithal | Wayward son can't accept one's authority (8) |
| 156 | AVANT-GARDE | Ajeesh VM | A novel - great and very innovative (5-5) |
| 155 | DETERMINE | Satyen Nabar | Wanting a little pint? Need permit! Silly rule (9) |
| 154 | TRAVESTY | Sowmya Ramkumar | One who doesn’t drink hosts drug parties at the year-end? What a joke! (8) |
| 153 | PAGEANT | Ajeesh VM | President's deputy hosting a parade (7) |
| 152 | ANOTHER | Aashwina Moul | Anti-hero's giving up crime essentially, becoming different (7) |
| 151 | PERVADE | Heidi Schroeder | According to Dave, bananas are filling (7) |
| 150 | CHAMPION | Neelima Rai | Stand up for a drink to essentially commemorate no. 1 top player from the East (8) |
| 149 | AXIS OF EVIL | Faten Ismail | A kiss is love... If misused, it could cause misery in the world (4,2,4) |
| 148 | WISTFUL | Sowmya Ramkumar | Sad woman is tearful, when there's no one who listens (7) |
| 147 | DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS | Viresh Ratnakar | Doctor: "Work late, overeat, love, push without limits." Beautiful! (4-4,8) |
| 146 | TEMPERAMENTAL | SSV Avtaar | Volatile parliament meet is in disarray after India's leader walked out (13) |
| 145 | SUFFICIENT | Mona Sogal | Plenty of nice stuff I distributed (10) |
| 144 | ANCESTRY | Ramki Krishnan | Ambulances trying to transport blood (8) |
| 143 | COMPACT | Crypt Ella | Freshly made camp bed lining is firm (7) |
| 142 | RIGHT | Ramki Krishnan | Honest , intelligent leader killed ( 5 ) |
| 141 | BLESSED | Sridhar Vedantham | Damned? Quite the contrary! |
| 140 | HILARIOUS | Supriya Mithal | Greeting the French royal with " I love America"? ,that's funny(9) |
| 139 | GOSSAMER | Faten Ismail | Thread created by web designer?(8) |
| 138 | BEARINGS | Sowmya Ramkumar | Doctor earns big position (8) |
| 137 | BELEAGUER | Ajeesh VM | Shortly order beer bottles for Harry (9) |
| 136 | TRUCULENCE | SSV Avtaar | Organised lecture with UN covering the source of Chechnyan hostility (10) |
| 135 | POSITION | Vinod Raman | Drink is put back inside case ( 8 ) |
| 134 | SOLITUDE | Heidi Schroeder | Lied to us about single status (8 ) |
| 133 | DYSLEXIA | Viresh Ratnakar | Daughter, easily exceptional, overcame unknown reading challenges (8) |
| 132 | LEISURE | Vinit Wankhede | Breaking rules? That is freedom ! (7) |
| 131 | CONTRADICT | Ramki Krishnan | Leaders of democratic India break promise...say "Yes", then "No" perhaps (10) |
| 130 | EXTENSION | Supriya Mithal | Appendix ruptured ,toxin seen (9) |
| 129 | CONTENT | Sandhya Paruchuri | Glad Australia's not batting (7) |
| 128 | MATHEMATICIAN | Sowmya Ramkumar | Summer Job? (13) |
| 127 | FACTION | Kaustav Datta | Group sex’s difficult in a cot (7) |
| 126 | BOHEMIAN | Ajeesh VM | Wandering man, i.e. hobo,mostly (8) |
| 125 | OPERATION | Vinod Raman | Working a rope into knots (9) |
| 124 | NEFARIOUS | Kaustav Datta | It's dark outside, city's unsafe to go wandering (9) |
| 123 | OREGANO | SSv Avtaar | Clumsy one groans after dropping partners’ dressing (7) |
| 122 | CROSSWORDS | Vinod Raman | They are puzzling currents that trouble aeroplanes in leaving or entering (10) |
| 121 | INVEIGLES | Sandhya Paruchuri | Sally gives in to accept the French charms (8) |
| 120 | CHOCOLATE | Manish Misra | Chanel, perhaps, drapes hot behind - sweet! (9) |
| 119 | TOWEL | Sandhya Paruchuri | After leaving the club shower, first toss wet clothes in drier (5) |
| 118 | AMAZON | Viresh Ratnakar | A construction worker's son leaves for Zuckerberg's top internet company (6) |
| 117 | DOUBLE CROSSER | Heidi Schroeder | Con man who nearly won at tic-tac-toe? (6-7) |
| 116 | ABSENT MINDED | Chatur Vasi | Contemplating staying away from work? (6-6) |
| 115 | RAPSCALLION | Sandhya Paruchuri | Little devil knocks and rings endlessly - no one turns up (11) |
| 114 | CAMARADERIE | Crypt Ella | Dear America failing at team spirit (11) |
| 113 | INDEPENDENT | Sandhya Paruchuri | Freelance writer is employed by Indian editor associated with ebooks (11) |
| 112 | MADRIGAL | Chatur Vasi | Admiral goes nuts over girl's song (8) |
| 111 | JAMES BOND | Vinod Raman | Beguiling dames in job, one turned out to be a famous spy (5,4) |
| 110 | CONTINENT | Bhavan Kumar | Australia perhaps lacking good representatives (9) |
| 109 | MIRTH | Debasmita Basu | Happiness in Kashmir thwarted (5) |
| 108 | SACRIFICED | Guruswamy Nataraj | Leaders still argue "Congress rescued India from Imperialism". Contrarily, English departed - simply surrendered (10) |
| 107 | COMPANION | Debasmita Basu | Friend primarily can often motivate, pamper and needlessly indulge one's naughtiness (9) |
| 106 | PITCH | Lakshmi Vaidyanathan | Soft long tone (5) |
| 105 | FENESTRATE | Heidi Schroeder | Like a sunroom? Best price! One left for the ultimate in elegance! (10) |
| 104 | MANOEUVRE | Usha Mehta | Chap at French open with energy to move (9) |
| 103 | MY WORD | SSv Avtaar | Jeez! Microsoft product has finally taken off around the end of January (2,4) |
| 102 | OLD FLAME | Brian Dungate | One who had the hots for me? (3,5 |
| 101 | CORPULENT | Vinod Raman | Big computer part's acquired or loaned (8) |
| 100 | LANDMARK | Sowmya Ramkumar | 50+ score! It's a milestone (8) |
| 99 | POUNCE | Ramki Krishnan | Leopard follows softly to attack (6) |
| 98 | GETAWAY. | Vinod Raman | Entrance numbers 2 and 4 got switched to exit (7). |
| 97 | FIREWORKS | Srinivas Kotamarthi | Crackers we risk for bursting (9) |
| 96 | MONITOR | Brian Dungate | IT moron broke screen (7) |
| 95 | BEHAVIOUR | Siddharth Watwe | Performance (Live!) of husband, Topless? Jesus Christ!! (9) |
| 94 | CARNIVAL | Manish Misra | Celebration about match-winning point (8) |
| 93 | TAKE | Vinod Raman | Win bets endlessly (4), |
| 92 | DENOUNCE | Siddharth Watwe | A cave and a snow leopard. Damn! [8] |
| 91 | FEATURES | MONA SOGAL | Items ruined after use (8) |
| 90 | BEAST | Paddy Craven | Awesome thing! Raging sea fills empty boat (5) |
| 89 | PRESENT | Heidi Schroeder | Gift delivered early? (7) |
| 88 | STRAIGHT | Vinod Raman | Frank's art to be put up in exhibition (8) |
| 87 | LAMENT | Sridhar Vedantham | Last word in officer's elegy (6) |
| 86 | TOAST | Heidi Schroeder | Slice of tomato? A stingy breakfast choice! (5) |
| 85 | SIMPLE | Aakash Sridhar | Help miss carry back a piece of cake (6) |
| 84 | TRANSPARENT | Sridhar Vedantham | Shameless rants about mother, perhaps (11) |
| 83 | STRINGS | Crypt Ella | EGAD! Together, they make music! (7) |
| 82 | INTIMATE | Cryptic Xyzboy | "I meant it in a funny way, buddy!" (8) |
| 81 | FAIR | Aakash Sridhar | Lovely female voice (4) |
| 80 | RED FACED | Heidi Schroeder | Some coffee the German knocked over with obvious chagrin (3-5) |
| 79 | ARTICLE | Guruswamy Nataraj | An editor can perhaps clear it (7) |
| 78 | PROLIFERATE | Heidi Schroeder | Spread gossip about old jailbird (11) |
| 77 | CHRONICLES | Bhavan Kumar | Stories of Calvin & Hobbes primarily about the ultimate in fictional cronies (10) |
| 76 | BOOMERANG | Heidi Schroeder | Return from Nigeria following period of prosperity (9) |
| 75 | WHITE ELEPHANTS | Bhavan Kumar | We took a beating with these plan wrecking financial burdens (5, 9) |
| 74 | LAUGHTER | SSv Avtaar | Left topless girl giggling (8) |
| 73 | SIMPLICITY | Guruswamy Nataraj | Clarity inherent in some young leaders (10) |
| 72 | HEART | Bhaskarbenjamin Sunil | Bloody pump ! (5 ) |
| 71 | DISTANT | Heidi Schroeder | Intrinsic reward is tantalizingly at arm's length (7) |
| 70 | BEREFT | Ramki Krishnan | Female wearing a cap, like a widow perhaps (6) |
| 69 | PEACE | Abhai Jawa | Buried in hope, a certainty of love and friendship (5) |
| 68 | ILLUMINATE | Ramki Krishnan | I will think deeply, scratching the head, and explain (10) |
| 67 | MIRACLE | Usha Mehta | It's a wonder race doesn't end in 1.6 kilometers! (7) |
| 66 | SHOWERED | Ajeesh VM | Covered but revealed without hesitation (8) |
| 65 | PATIENCE | Sowmya Ramkumar | Doctors treat them, say for phlegm (8) |
| 64 | GENERAL | Ramki Krishnan | Popular members of Arsenal are negotiating to come back (7) |
| 63 | FASHION | SSv Avtaar | It is always in shape (7) |
| 62 | MATERIAL | Ramki Krishnan | Possibly felt important (8) |
| 61 | DEMOCRACY | Paddy Craven | Protest almost split Yugoslavia's first government by the people (9) |
| 60 | FLOAT | Vinod Raman | Fly lightly over a terrain, primarily (5) |
| 59 | CONSIDERATION | Aakash Sridhar | Payment made with poor credit is a no-no (13) |
| 58 | DICTIONARY | Sowmya Ramkumar | Where you can find the meaning of life? (10) |
| 57 | SATIRICAL | Debbie Manber Kupfer | Act I - "Liars in Rebellion" - not to be taken seriously (9) |
| 56 | SOVEREIGN | Venkataraghavan Sahasranaman | It's out of Russian control, autonomous (9) |
| 55 | PARTNERSHIP | Arvind Kannabiran | A spouse is cool company (11) |
| 54 | PARADIGM SHIFT | SSv Avtaar | Manufacturing diaphragms daily in England, adopting one fundamental change (8,5) |
| 53 | MAN-EATER | Tony Sebastian | One has a consuming interest in people? (3-5) |
| 52 | RAINBOW | Vinod Raman | Cloud feature not developed to include unlimited email storage (7) |
| 51 | TURNING POINT | Tony Sebastian | A spinner can change the game with this? (7,5) |
| 50 | ENTRANCES | Ramki Krishnan | Ten different contests accepting ninety starting entries (9) |
| 49 | SCARECROW | Paddy Craven | Scruffy chap races around to brag (9) |
| 48 | FATHER | Atul Jairaj | In Arafat, he recognized a patriarch (6) |
| 47 | SCALES | Tanmay Srivastava | Rulers building castles without central courtyard (6) |
| 45 | REPRISE | Brian Dungate | Dr. Peppers - It's her regular way to get going again (7) |
| 44 | SLIP | Aakash Sridhar | Mistake school for college in a film scene (4) |
| 43 | PLAIN | Debasmita Basu | Modest minister doesn't have tea (5) |
| 42 | SINGLED OUT | Heidi Schroeder | Blamed for ungodliest mess! (7,3) |
| 41 | BULWARK | Sowmya Ramkumar | Partition figured in Kabul war killing (7) |
| 40 | ANTITHESIS | Aditya Wankhede | State hints destruction of opposition (10) |
| 39 | MISANTHROPE | Vinit Wankhede | Model on the ramp is a man hater (11) |
| 38 | RELATING | Crypt Ella | Referring to integral's derivative, perhaps ? (8) |
| 37 | INCIDENT | Tanmay Srivastava | Incited rebellion, holding the first nonconformist event (8) |
| 36 | REGISTERS | Ramki Krishnan | Chronicles of wild tigress (9) |
| 35 | WASTE | SSv Avtaar | A stew became rotten (5) |
| 34 | DELIBERATE | Heidi Schroeder | Planned where to get a sandwich and half a beer at cost (10) |
| 33 | SCALPEL | Paddy Craven | Leading surgeons can always look professional exchanging lancet for a blade (7) |
| 32 | TEMPER | Vinod Raman | The essential mood predetermining everybody's reaction, primarily. (8) |
| 31 | FELLOWSHIP | Arvind Kannabiran | Man's in good company (10) |
| 30 | FAINT-HEARTED | Paddy Craven | A fan tried the curried chicken (5-7) |
| 29 | STANDOFFISH | Brian Dungate | Policy on workplace drinking is withdrawn (11) |
| 28 | OF COURSE | Manish Misra | Absolutely lost without sex (2,6) |
| 27 | FEATHERED | Ramki Krishnan | Hardened wife leaves to get a bit of facial, becomes soft (9) |
| 26 | HAMPER | Usha Mehta | Pork for every picnic basket (6) |
| 25 | MEDIUM | Debasmita Basu | Means to die another way in silence (6) |
| 24 | SMART | Manish Misra | Sting starts stealing Madonna's and Rihanna's tunes (5) |
| 23 | FLUTTER | Heidi Schroeder | Shiver with illness, taking the first of two trips to emergency room (7) |
| 22 | MOMENT | Raj Jayaram | Cardamom enterprise holds importance (6) |
| 21 | DIRE STRAITS | Heidi Schroeder | British band tried sitar composition, with some success! (4,7) |
| 20 | SUMPTUOUS | Brian Dungate | Expensive issue maps tour of UK's even provided (9) |
| 19 | ENDEAVOUR | Ramki Krishnan | Ever undo a wrong? Try! (9) |
| 18 | SHIFT | Lakshmi Vaidyanathan | Key Move (5) |
| 17 | LEATHER | Gaurav Johri | Hide Muggle at Hermione's house (7) |
| 16 | INTEGRATED | Heidi Schroeder | Get trained at work together (11) |
| 15 | BREAK | Paddy Craven | Holiday snap (5) |
| 14 | SET | Mohsin Ahmed | Group to make crossword clues (3) |
| 13 | EVANESCENT | Heidi Schroeder | Short sentence rewritten, upon reflection, without a verb (10) |
| 12 | MAGNETIC FIELD | Ramki Krishnan | Life can get dim? Not exactly - It's attractive! (8,5) |
| 11 | KNOWLEDGE | Paddy Craven | Keen to start immediately, student has advantage..It's acquired from learning (9) |
| 10 | PRESS RELEASE | Hari Mannarsamy | What Tamilnadu CM does to Karnataka government on Cauvery water every year - It makes a public record! (5,7) |
| 9 | HYPERSPACE | Bash Ashok | Multi-dimensional billboard? (10) |
| 8 | CONCENTRATE | Ramki Krishnan | Focus, study, create new entertaining book (11) |
| 7 | COLLATERAL DAMAGE | Arvind Kannabiran | Mountainside destruction has unintended casualties (10,6) |
| 6 | A DROP IN THE OCEAN | SSv Avtaar | A little anchor ? (1,4,2,3,5) |
| 5 | CETERIS PARIBUS | Paddy Craven | Raise prices, but incomprehensibly, everything else stays the same.(7,7) |
| 4 | GROUNDBREAKING | Srinivas Kotamarthi | Egg inside salad of Burger King and that's innovative (14) |
| 3 | CURMUDGEON | Usha Mehta | Greek character jumps into yogurt, has gone mad, and become a sourpuss! (10) |
| 2 | SHRINKING VIOLET | Usha Mehta | Shy purpl flowr ? (9, 6) |
| 1 | MENAGERIE | Ramki Krishnan | Chaps near Silver Lake zoo (9) |