We had 29 clues and 30 voters. Anant was our host and here’s his summary of the results…

We had a flying start to the New Year with a very keenly contested game between the top two. Eventually and aptly (@lowdowncryptic) Larry Kline was “picked as the winner” with 42 points for

Greetings! Good handoff after vacation – let’s start year picking out a winner

Following close on his heels with 41 points is Textrous and his shy girl

If the shy girl reforms, it’s going to be a success-story

In third place with 37 points, Shreelakshmi is succeeding with a shy and fragile person

Shy, fragile? Hey, not easy to transform into someone likely to succeed!

Nicholas Loader ‘s hefty girl follows in fourth place with 26 points

Hefty girl misguidedly sacrificing time for hot, ambitious individual

In fifth place is Samit Kalianpur’s Spoonerism fetching him 20 points

The Reverend says “Rise to greater altitudes, ambitious one!”

Here’s the link to the full results

Over to Larry Kline….

SR: Congrats Larry – Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.