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Can you SET a Clue – 3?

BySowmya

Nov 16, 2019 #Amazon, #Book, #Clues, #Crosswords, #Cryptic, #Cryptic Crosswords, #Kumaresh Ramakrishnan, #Puzzles, #Setting, #The Zodiac

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Thanks to all those who participated in setting clues for “EARTH” and voting in “Can you SET a clue -2”.

We received a total of 12 clues from Lakshmi Vaidyanathan (1), Padmanabhan P B (1), Sureshkumar A S (1), Cdr. R Ganapathi (1), Sohil (1), Raju Umamaheswar (1), Raghavan SV (1), Ranjani Srikanth (1), Jawahar Surti (2) and Anantakrishnan N. (2)

A total of 190 points were allotted by 19 respondents to the poll and here are the results as well as some comments from the respondents.

Note: Wherever total  points allotted were more or less than the permitted ten, these were scaled accordingly.

In 3rd place with 28 points is “Planet’s heart broken (5)” by Ananthakrishnan N.

In 2nd place with 33 votes is “Clay fireplace not hot to begin with (5)” by Cdr R. Ganapathi and

In 1st place with a whopping 42 votes is “Money hasn’t begun to change hands for land (5)” also by Anantakrishnan N.

Congrats Cdr R. Ganapathi and Anantakrishnan who not only won our previous contest but also secured both 1st and 3rd places in this contest.

Here’s a new challenge.. Can you set a clue for “Tincture”. This had been clued in the grid “Call Me V” by our setter “The Zodiac” (aka Kumaresh) as below. If the answer is YES, leave your clue(s) as comments in this blog post any time until Midnight IST Wednesday 27th November.

Can you SET a clue for “TINCTURE”? If you can, leave your clue(s) as comments in the blog. If you wish to know more about our book, please check out https://www.1across.org/book/cc2/ or BUY IT NOW at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XVRYYXT

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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8 thoughts on “Can you SET a Clue – 3?”

  5. Sorry, somehow did not get a mail about the voting for the previous clue – so could not vote.

    My clue for tincture –

    The Congress party supported Thackeray initially (strangely true!) to find a solution perhaps.

    INC after T(hackeray) TRUE*

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