This week’s contest was hosted by VMA Nair and here’s his summary of the results.

Excellent challenge with 33 clues and 37 voters. Likely, a record in both categories. Thanks to all the setters and voters. Several great clues.

Here’s the summary of the results.

At 5th position, with 21 points, we have Abhay Phadnis and @ahope1.bsky.social

At 4th position, with 22 points is CrypticBlah

At 3rd position, with 26 points is Samit Kallianpur

At 2nd position, with 30 points, is Avtaar

Winning the contest with 32 points is Ganesh Raman with his mint clue

Mint one fake note (7)

Honourable mentions to Adman_i, @LowdownCryptic, Heidi Schroeder and Satyen Nabar whose clues figure among the top 10.

Over to Ganesh Raman for the next context.

SR: Thanks for the terrific hosting VMA Nair. Nice to see enthusiastic participation and high quality clueing for a word with many possibilities. A hearty welcome to the new players and hope to see you around in the next contests as well.

Congrats to Ganesh Raman. His clue will be featured in our HALL OF FAME.

Here’s the link to the full results

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