Thanks to @Lowdowncryptic Larry for hosting the contest. Great word to kick off the year and a fantastic response with 35 clues and 38 voters.
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruskin | Came top on leaderboard at last – flipping miracle! | 37 | 13 | Came top = WON; on = RE + leaderboard at last = D (reversed); def = miracle | – came first preferable to came top? – Haha brilliant! |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Prodigy beginning to work on developing drone (6) | 30 | 17 | W(-ork) + DRONE*; beginning to= 1st letter sel ind, developing= anag ind, def= prodigy | |
| 3 | Ganesh Raman | Tragically drowned, but not dead in the end…that ‘s a miracle! | 29 | 15 | Anagram of (DROWNED – D), Anagrind TRAGICALLY, Def on the right | – Nice clue, though not entirely convinced with ‘tragically ‘ as anagram indicator – Dead itself translates to D |
| 4 | Textrous | Frowned about missing fine spectacle (6) | 23 | 13 | frowned* – f, anagrind: about, deletion: missing, fine: f, def: spectacle | |
| 5 | Aaron Riccio (@thatcrypticguy) | Messily drew on The Great Wall, perhaps (6) | 23 | 12 | anagram of “drew on “; def: The Great Wall is a WONDER (one of seven) | – Nice! Sorry I didn’t have enough votes for this too – Fave of the anagrams |
| 6 | CrypticBlah | Marvel Studio ‘s latest: new Dr. Strange (6) | 22 | 8 | *ONEWDR. Def Marvel. Surface refers to the Dr. Strange films by Marvel Studios. | – Clever idea! I really want this to work, but I don’t think it does, as anagrind would need to be ‘strangely’ |
| 7 | Veera Raghavan | Discontented worker has somehow done a miracle (6) | 21 | 10 | W(ONDE*)R. Definition: Miracle | – ‘do a miracle ‘ doesn ‘t seem quite idiomatic (say compared to perform or work one) |
| 8 | Sampath Srinivasan | Spared no words conveying reciprocal admiration (6) | 18 | 9 | Hidden word with reversal; def = admiration; conveying – hidden word indicator; reciprocal – reversal indicator | |
| 9 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Surprise! Some snow on Derby (6) | 18 | 9 | Def.: Surprise. Hidden word indicated by “some”. [It started snowing here on the day #549 was announced!] | – wouldn ‘t ‘in ‘ be more appropriate than ‘on ‘ for surface? – Fave of the hidden words |
| 10 | @qpheevr | Drew no comic for Marvel (6) | 15 | 10 | (DREW NO)*; comic = anagrind; def. ‘marvel’ | – Not sure ‘comic’ works as an anagram indicator sorry – Fave of the Marvels |
Congrats to the toppers and all those who participated.
Over to Ruskin for the next contest.
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