Ramki Krishnan hosted last week and here’s his summary of the results.
Here are the results
26 clues and 25 voters. A few of the setters did not vote, unfortunately.
Revenge / avenge, Fight back, get back, counter etc were the common definitions used.
Tied at 4th place with 18 points, two clues which used exactly the same def, and the same topical theme
N Ananthakrishnan
Essentially America and others worried about India’s counter-attack
Satyen Nabar
Red alert at base after India’s counter-attack (9)
3rd place with 21 points
Samit Kallianpur’s sporting story
I eventually returned at end of game, to even the score (9)
2nd place with 25 points is Kalyan Bandyopadhyay’s terse statement
After setback, I had to counterattack
And the winner is 30 points is @LowdownCryptic with a lovely surface story
Playing sitar, Beatle starts off “Get Back” (9)
Also congratulations to Ruskin, VMA Nair, @qpheevr, Ganesh and Sitter for figuring in the top 10.
Thanks everyone for playing and over
SR: Thanks for hosting Ramki. Thanks to all those who participated, voted and those on the podium!
Congrats Larry (@Lowdowncryptic) – your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.
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