Thanks to ALP for hosting the contest. Tough word but we still got a good response. Lambs and messes were pretty popular options for wordplay.
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shobha Nayak | Mess made by lambs she slaughtered | 27 | 9 | Anagram suggested by slaughtered | – Elegant in its simplicity |
| 2 | Nathan Townshend | Poor lamb, she\’s for the abattoir | 26 | 10 | Poor = grind, she\’s for = fodder, abattoir = def | – Best surface out of many \”lamb\” clues probably |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | Well-dressed doctor in ship\’s mess (8) | 19 | 9 | MB (doctor) dressed by (cont) HALE (well) inside SS (ship), def = mess | – indirect anag – Innovative containment indicator |
| 4 | David Ward | Disgraces surrounding origin of Brexit left chaos | 18 | 7 | Def: Chaos. SHAMES (s) around (surrounding) BL (origin of Brexit + Left) | |
| 5 | Ganesh Raman | First sign of hung assembly, sadly, leaves youth leader in a state of disarray | 16 | 7 | Anagram of H (First sign of HUNG) + ASSEMBLY – Y (Youth Leader); Anagrind SADLY; Del Ind LEAVES; Def A STATE OF DISARRAY | |
| 6 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Counterfeit bullets regularly seen leading to chaos (8) | 15 | 6 | SHAM (Counterfeit) + BuLlEtS (alternate letter selection indicated by “regularly seen”); Def.: Chaos | – “Seen” can be deleted from the clue – Interesting enough surface and different from most of the other clues |
| 7 | Veera Raghavan | She mostly blames another for the mess (8) | 14 | 6 | SH(e) AMBLES*. Another: anagrind. Definition: Mess | – mpt sure re anagrind – I don’t really buy ‘another’ as an anagrind (especially if placed after the fodder) – IMO, \”another\” as anagrind would need to precede the fodder – it cannot apply to the previous word(s) |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | In the end, unfairly blames second husband for mess (8) | 14 | 5 | BLAMES* going behind S H | |
| 9 | Sampath Shrinivasan | A dog\’s breakfast of lamb she\’s stewed (8) | 12 | 6 | (lamb she\’s)* stewed = anagrind; def = a dog\’s breakfast | |
| 10 | @LowdownCryptic | Disorder caused by endless humiliation and praise (8) | 12 | 6 | SHAM(e) + BLES(s) | – The surface doesn’t sound |
Congrats to the toppers and all those who participated.
Over to Shobha for the next contest.
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