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Myra did a fabulous job as our host this week and we had exceelent participation with 45 clues and 42 voters allocating 420 points.

Myra’s summary of the results..

Some really fabulous clues were submitted for this contest! The podium finishers are:

Third place – Satyen Nabar with ‘Kick in crotch? That is awful (8)

Second place – Thejaswi Udupa with ‘Right choice, wrong repercussion (8)

First place – Ganesh Raman with ‘Top leader pursuing filthy rich CEO for a kickback (8)

Congratulations, Ganesh!

Thank you all for participating and voting. And thank you Sowmya Ramkumar for coordinating this contest across facebook and twitter.

A few people self-voted, which is against the spirit of the game. These votes have been cancelled.

Over to you, Ganesh, for the next contest!

Click here for the complete results


Congrats Ganesh and a huge thanks to Myra for hosting and a great choice of word. Although not part of the contest, a few setters had also sent me DMs combining “crochet” and setter in them as a HT to my hobby. Was fun to see the different ways in which our creative setter handled the word.

Well done Ganesh! Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME. Over to you for the next contest.

Notes: Some people self-voted, which is against the spirit of the game. These votes have been cancelled. A couple of setters did not vote in time. In future, I request participants who may not be familair with our rules to take note and adhere to them..

By Sowmya

Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain). She is a puzzle editor at Amuselabs. She has set over 1,300 crosswords for various publications including over 1000 mini crosswords, cryptic crosswords (under the pseudonym Hypatia for The Hindu) and themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Businessline). Sowmya runs the Facebook group 1Across where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She has published three compilations of crosswords viz Cryptic Crossroads Volumes 1, 2 and 3. She Tweets cryptic clues daily @somsram

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