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

We had 26 clues submitted and 29 voters. 1 participant did not vote. Here are the top 5:

At no. 5 is Doc Nabar with his neat elision clue:

“Suffer in desert after spilling last drop of water”

4th spot goes to tompdavis for his elegant double definition:

“Get up last”

In 3rd place is Anantakrishnan with this cricket-themed special:

“Partnership of Sachin Tendulkar and Dravid basically secured win in the end”

Winning silver is Ganesh Raman’s political commentary:

“Without any young leader in sight, dynasty struggles to exist”

And the winner this week for this crisp and effective charade is Adman_i:

“Street with a view”

Congratulations to the winners and all participants.

Over to you, Adman!
Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Adman. – 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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