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We had 22 clues submitted and 25 voters. Special mention and thanks to Anjali Vaidya, Ashit Hegde and Ratna Rao who took time to vote in the contest even though they had not posted clues.

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

The contest saw 22 clues and 25 voters. On to the top 5: –

Satyen Nabar tops the charts with a whopping 40 points for

Male star playing lead in Chinatown as a clever dick

N Anantakrishnan is runner-up with 28 points for

Melodramatic, head of state, Modi goes abroad – he can be irritating

Sowmya Ramkumar is second runner-up with 26 points for

Wise guy caught trailing gangster sheltered by master criminal

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Raj Jayaram is fourth with 21 points for

Inconsistencies mar tale circulated about wise guy

Amrita Majumdar turns up fifth with 16 points for

Wise guy turned scarlet, transfixed by a couple of maidens

Honorable mentions to Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, Thejaswi Udupa, Venkatesan P, Ganesh Raman, and Ramki Krishnan for a spot in the top 10
Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Satyen. – 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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