Satyen was the host and here’s his round up of the week’s contest.

Having the most fun in the party is

Do they finally catch up? (5)
@LowdownCryptic winning by a mile with 31 points

In 2nd place is

Person not completely left out (5)
Manish Jhaveri with 21 points

Sharing the 3rd spot with 17 points

Knocked back gin at the end of birthday bash (5)
Samit Kallianpur

Set some booby traps up (5)
Veena Venkataraman

Sharing the 5th spot with 16 points

A gang set up some booby traps (5)
Textrous

Leaders in politics – absolute rogues – tricking you! (5)
Ramki Krishnan

Thank you all for the clues and votes. Over to you Larry.

SR: Thanks Satyen for the year end party. Congrats Lowdowncryptic (Larry) – your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

We would be taking a break at the blog until New Year as I am going to be travelling. We will be back with a new contest hosted by Lowdown on 4th January 2026.

Here’s the link to the full results

Also Check out the Leader board for 2025.