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Larry (Lowdown Cryptic) hosted last week and here’s his summary of the results.

Here are the results

We had 19 clues this week, featuring 16 different definitions! 23 people voted.

Sitter’s clever cryptic definition finished 5th with 17 points:
Weather report?

Adman was in the hunt in 4th with 18 points:
Shaken hunter finally heard a roar

Sowmya’s amusing surface took 3rd with 20 points:
Scream when husband turned up

Ramki Krishnan blasted into 2nd with 23 points:
Blast from empty trench below

And Satyen Nabar grabbed another gold with 33 points:
Turned crazy, consuming heroin and crack

Over to you again, Doc!

SR: Thanks for hosting Larry. Thanks to all those who participated, voted and those on the podium!

Congrats Doc – your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

Here’s the link to the full results

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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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