Satyen Nabar was our host and here’s his summary of the results.

We had 27 clues submitted and 31 voters though 2 of the contestants did not vote.

A relatively close contest but surging ahead to be heard loudly are the two ‘deaf’ clues. 

Gold won by 

Doctor, I am not deaf! That’s a personal attack (10)

Ganesh Raman with 33 points 

Silver secured by 

Sadly, I am not deaf to malicious gossip (10)

@LowdownCryptic with 28 points 

Bronze picked up by 

Fed up, a country ousts leader over money scandal (10)

Amrita Majumdar with 25 points 

In 4th place is 

Unsavoury end to mafia’s smear campaign (10)

Textrous with 23 points 

In 5th place is 

Mudslinging of a fine Neta – Modi, perhaps? (10)

Sowmya Ramkumar with 21 points. 

Thank you all for your time, clues and votes. Over to you Ganesh!

Here’s the link to the full results

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

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