Thanks to all of you who participated in Iru Kodugal. A big thanks to “Kaariravu” ( Afterdark aka Shrikanth T) for all the fun and Hari Balakrishnan’s fantastic software which made this possible. Thanks also to Vanchinathan for sharing this with their regular readers at the Udhirivedi blog .
Stats: The puzzle got a decent response with with 434 views and visits to the puzzle page. We had 25 valid entries after eliminating duplicates, which more or less the same as the previous puzzle. A warm welcome to the new solvers who are trying puzzles in our blog for the very first time,
Of those who solved, only five people managed to get the full score of 80. These toppers are – Veera Raghavan, Narayanan R., A. Joseph Amirtharaj Venkatesan P and Narayanan Ramiah. “Congrats” to you as well as all of those who participated.
The entry that was missed by most solvers was “18.செருக்கடைதல் முடிவில்லாதது – தெளிதல் பெறு (5) – “.
Here is the list of smart folk who managed to solve and submit before the deadline.
| S.No | Name | Score | Comments |
| 1 | Veera Raghavan | 80 | நல்ல புதிர். அருமையான குறிப்புகள் |
| 2 | Narayanan R. | 80 | tough one |
| 3 | A. Joseph Amirtharaj | 80 | Excellent puzzles; Great work. |
| 4 | Venkatesan P. | 80 | நிறைய தமிழ் வார்த்தைகளை இணையத்தில் கற்றுக்கொள்ளும் வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தது. மகிழ்ச்சி. காரிரவின் குறிப்புகள் ரசிக்கத்தக்கவையாக இருந்தன. பாராட்டுக்கள். நிறைய தமிழ் வார்த்தைகளை இணையத்தில் |
| 5 | Narayanan Ramiah | 80 | super puzzle |
| 6 | Nagarajan Appichigounder | 79 | Vanakkam-nga Sowmya. Please find my answers below. Nice attempt and good clues. Keep up the great work and looking forward to solve your puthirs. Anbudan, Nagarajan Appichigounder. |
| 7 | Vanchinathan | 79 | 17ac is short and sweet. 9ac Is that a Tamil word? Its starts with “ta” ! 21 ac. Not sure of connection with “peNgaL”. 5dn DMK was real nice. 7 Dn adam pidi brought a ch:uckle! 18dn I just filled “thularthal” without knowing why or what |
| 8 | Ramki Krishnan | 79 | |
| 9 | G. Subramaniam | 79 | Enjoyed solving. Looking forward for “Moondram Mudichu” |
| 10 | Keerthana | 79 | |
| 11 | N Rengaswamy | 79 | Nice grid |
| 12 | Ramarao selka | 79 | |
| 13 | Madhusudan Hanumantha Rao | 78 | Nice grid. 15D is bit vague for me. |
| 14 | Radhika Anand | 78 | Very nice grid Clever clues |
| 15 | Muthusubramanyam | 78 | Enjoyed solving! |
| 16 | ARS Ramani | 78 | Paaraatukkal |
| 17 | Guna | 78 | |
| 18 | Bhalchandra Pasupathy | 77 | Nice puzzle with many lovely clues. Was quite challenging though probably simple for those with a good Tamil vocab. Not sure of a couple, couldn’t parse satisfactorily, so look forward to the solution |
| 19 | LV | 76 | Super puzzle. |
| 20 | அகிலாண்டேஸ்வரி ஸ்ரீ தரன் | 75 | நன்றி. எளிதாகவே உள்ளன. |
| 21 | Meenakshi | 74 | |
| 22 | Rajlakshmi Hariharan | 71 | |
| 23 | சுரேஷ்பாபு | 66 | I couldnt get the pattern in certain clues 🙁 |
| 24 | Anjela Francisca M. | 42 | விடைதேடும் முயற்சியில் அறிந்திராத பல தமிழ் சொற்களை தெரிந்துகொண்டேன். அப்பப்பா! எவ்வளவு வளமானது நம் தமிழ்! இந்த குறுக்கெழுத்தை எனக்கு அறிமுகப்படுத்திய தோழிக்கு நன்றி. வடிவமைத்த தோழருக்கும் நன்றி. |
| 25 | Baloo m | 33 | எனக்கு, கடினமான சரவெடி மேலும் அவகாசம் இருந்தால் முயற்ச்சிப்பேன் |
Here is the Solution Grid
Hope you all enjoyed our offering. Do leave your comments in the blog to share your thoughts on the puzzle.
Edit: The post has been updated since there was an error in scores of Narayanan Ramiah and Ramki Krishnan. Both have been corrected now. Apologies for the error.
விடைகள் கிடைத்த விதமறியும் ஆவல்
குடையும் மனம்,அமைதி கொஞ்சம்- அடையும்
பொருட்டு விளக்கப் பதிவிடல் வேண்டும்
இருட்டு பிணைந்த இரவு
I will try to post the explanations 🙂