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Madhusudan H hosted this week and here’s his summary of the results..

As usual, we received a fabulous set of clues this week. Congrats to all the winners!

Standing head and shoulders above all is @LowdownCryptic’s “natural” clue that bagged 39 points
Quiet morning? Relieve yourself – it’s what almost everyone does in the shower (7)

For the second place, Debasmita Basu manufactured a great clue that got 25 points
Hair product made from two parts of shikakai, two parts of amla, seed of soapnut, and hints of orange oil (7)

In third place with 23 points is a concise clue from Ananth Srinivasan
Bath soap: Home-made and drug-free (7)

Sharing 21 points and completing the top five are clues from

Sowmya Ramkumar:
Oops! Terrible actor’s boring soap (7)

CrypticBlah:
Homeopaths not the doctor, for treating dandruff? and

VENKATESAN P
Cleaner to drive away escorting a politician(7)

Thanks to everyone who sent in their clues and votes. Thanks to Sowmya for her coordination and guidance in running the contest.

Passing the baton on to @LowdownCryptic for the next contest

P.S: It is heartening to note that all cluers voted, let’s make this the norm going forward<

A huge thanks to Madhusudan for hosting and for choosing a cute word that brought in much needed humour.

Congrats @LowdownCryptic! Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME. Over to you for the next contest.

Here’s the link to the full results

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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