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This week’s contest had 26 clues and 30 voters. 1 participant did not vote at all and 1 participant gave points for themself both of which are against the rules of the contest..

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

It was raining acrostics in the contest last week.

Also lots of tips on how to celebrate Deepavali with light starters (pakoras, patties and other mouth-watering stuff), lunch, prayers!

5th place with 18 points – Amrita Majumdar

Light starters of leek and mushroom patties(4)

4th place with 19 points – Raj Jayaram moves on to lunch after starters

Light lunch after mixed pakora starters (4)

3rd place with 21 points – Textrous again on the lunch theme!

Light starters for lunch after midday prayers (4)

2nd place with 23 points – Lowdowncryptic on the Hogwarts rivalry

Looking at Malfoy, Potter starts to glower (4)

And the winner with a clear lead at 31 points, qphveer reminds us of our (over)dependence on mobile phones

Looking at my phone primarily as a light source (4)

Thanks everyone for playing. Enjoy your Diwali lighting LAMPs. Over to you qphveer! Congratulations to all the winners and participants!

Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Qpheevr. 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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