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We had 27 clues submitted and 30 voters. Special mention and thanks to Usha Ramesh, D Narayanaswamy and Arjun Mukerjee who took time to vote in the contest even though they had not posted clues.

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

Most of the Top 10 clues were anagrams or modified anagrams, using a wide variety of words for fodder and definition.

Textrous played the role of a consummate champion with 32 points

Practised mum’s one-act plays (10)

Venkatesan P was super in 2nd place with 30 points

Superman costume redesigned (10)

Madhusudan H accomplished 3rd place with 28 points

Accomplished cosmonaut made ground, without ado (10)

Sowmya Ramkumar’s clue was custom-made for 4th place with 22 points

A custom men made perfect (10)

Suyash Roongta, @qpheevr and Ganesh Raman all showed skill in a 5th place draw with 18 points

Perfect scam with partner to bag money (10) (Suyash)

After beginning, romance must somehow conclude (10) (@qpheevr)

Costume man designed, showing great skill (Ganesh)

Thanks to all for playing and voting. Over to you, Textrous!

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Vinod (@Textrous). – Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME. Also Check out the Leaderboard for 2023.

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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