Stats -We had a fabulous response for “Grids Hex Me and Us” and we got 37 unique submissions for this puzzle. Of those who submitted, 30 got the full grid score of 30 but only 14 people got the maximum possible score of 34. Here’s the Solution grid.
The following questions were asked at the end of the puzzle..
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- What’s the NINA and it’s location ?
- What’s the relevance of the title?
- Annotate 3D
The correct answers to these were
(1) “Groups That Play Together Rock On” – as highlighted above, around the periphery of the grid, starting top left
(2) GRIDS HEX ME AND US => Anagram of SIX HUNDRED GAMES
(3) Def = eating like a pig, (MYCOUSINONCEREMOVED)* – (DECENCY M E), misbehaved is anagrind
Here are the Annotations.
Across:
8 Somewhat insane Roman emperor (4) – T (Set by Supriya, 4 Votes)
9 Old timer in drug deal at Los Angeles hotel (10) – METH USE LA H (Set by Venkataraghavan, 11 Votes)
10 Insect spots racing collie (6) – Collie* (Set by Col. Deepak Gopinath, 1 Vote)
11 It’s a cheap alternative, not sweet-smelling, basically wild flower (8) – ITSACHEAP*-S (Set by Mona Sogal, 2 Votes)
12 Gathering speed at sea (4) – DD (Set by Amrita Majumdar, 6 Votes)
13 Very harsh racist voter’s anxious to get rid of Obama at the centre (10) – RACISTVOTER*-A (Set by Vignesh, 8 Votes)
17 Language of sycophant wanting power (4) – CREEP-P (Set by Dr. Satyen Nabar, 2 Votes)
18 Broadcast reflected part of Bulgarian outrage.. (2,3) – Rev T (Set by Santha Ramachandran, 2 Votes)
19 Interrogate, Deputy Thompson essentially (4) – (de)PU(ty) (tho)MP(son) (Set by Mona Sogal, 1 Vote)
20 New driver’s conscious about obstructions (10) – L+CONSCIOUS* (Set by Supriya, 5 Votes)
22 Calm before the storm as German boat left from port to port (4)- L UL L (Set by Venkataraghavan, 1 Vote)
23 Robert, out of shape admits you and I are stronger (8) – ROBERT*<< US (Set by Amrita Majumdar)
27 Damaged pot and bad aim…still results in best conditions (6) – POT*+AIM* (Set by Kishore Rao, 1 Vote)
28 One sharing experiences about Northern battle (10) – RECOUNTER<<N (Set by Kaustav Datta, 4 Votes)
29 From old hat, conjurer finally pulled out rabbit (4) – CORNY-R (Set by Kaustav Datta, 8 Votes)
Down
1 Student rejected recent logic going around relating to earth as focal point (10) – RECENTLOGIC*-L (Set by Loks Subrahmanyam, 1 Vote)
2 Game trail permit included (8) – ROU(LET)TE (Set by Kishore Rao, 4 Votes)
3 Eating like a pig, my cousin once-removed misbehaved, shedding.decency,manners and etiquette, to begin with (10) – MYCOUSINONCEREMOVED-DECENCY M E (Set by SSv, 10 Votes)
4 Bhutan’s borders crossed newly formed State (4) – (-b)HUTA*(-n) (Set by SSv, 1 Vote)
5 Squash that’s tasteless (4) – DD (Set by Shashwat, 1 Vote)
6 Many in fix before offer ends for quarter (6) – C>>SET+OR (Set by Santha Ramachandran, 2 Votes)
7 Remove lid and mix salt with a bit of curry powder (4) – (-S)ALT*+C (Set by Loks Subrahmanyam, 5 Votes)
14 A period of time to muse (5) – ERA+TO (Set by Col. Deepak Gopinath, 3 Votes)
15 Rush to grab angry husband leaving after a little spat in European city (10) – S+RUSHTOGRAB*-H (Set by Dr. Satyen Nabar, 3 Votes)
16 One paid to appreciate (10) – CD (Set by Sowmya, 6 Votes)
19 You might find this guy in a lobby of an upcoming bank wearing a collared t-shirt (8) – POLO<<(CITI<<<) – (Set by Shashwat, 12 Votes)
21 Feeling hard-court top will be covered by the French Open (6) – LA+(-H) UNCH (Set by Aashwina Mouli, 3 Votes)
24 Shape of old entrances of Gothic ecclesiastical establishments (4) – Acrostic Semi &Lit (Set by Sowmya, 1 Vote)
25 Sharp child, I hear (4) – HP OF TOT (Set by Vignesh, 2 Votes)
26 Common to take time off first for ceremony (4) – (-T)RITE. (Set by Aashwina Mouli, 1 Vote)
Here is the scorecard (sorted by total score and then in the order of submissions received)
Ramki is back on top of the leaderboard, having submitted the first all correct entry. Congrats Ramki and all others who managed to “max” the score.
The top 3 clues in the grid, based on the number of votes were 1. Politico by Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar, which got 12 votes, 2. Methuselah by Venkataraghavan Sahasranaman, which got 11 votes and 3. Omnivorous by SSv Avtaar, which got 10 votes.
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