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

We had 26 clues submitted and 28 voters.

The 5th and 4th positions this week scored 15 and 19 respectively –

5th position: Madhusudan H for

‘Turned a bit red with self criticism’

4th position: Satyen Nabar for

‘Big, endless tirade perhaps?’

The top honours this week were won by the following clues:

3rd position: Sowmya Ramkumar with 27 points for

‘Introduction of dog’s image atop Twitter replacing iconic bird emblem causing criticism’

In 2nd position, we have Suyash Roongta with 28 points for

‘Problematic bit aired, leading to strong denunciation’

And the winner by a sizeable margin is Venkatesan P with a whopping 49 points for

‘Criticism? I’d bear it anyway!’

Congratulations Venkatesan! Over to you for the next clue.

Here’s the link to the full results

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

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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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