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Ganesh hosted this week and here’s his summary of the results…

We had 25 clues and 29 voters. and all who particpated also voted.

In 5th place, we have Sowmya Ramkumar with 17 points for “Jittery Sunak essentially weak, had little time”

In 4th place, Veera Raghavan scored 21 points for “Latin being not easy at first, I became tense”

And now, on to our Top 3 finishers…

Madhusudan H takes the 3rd spot with 23 points for a very smoothly surfaced “Without training, batting in IPL can be nerve-wracking”

Diogeneb finishes at 2nd spot with 29 points for a topical “Dramatic end to Indian tail in big ground”

And Satyen Nabar tops the contest with a whopping 55 points for a delightfully saucy clue in “Wild night in Bali without husband is exciting”.

Hearty congrats @SatyenNabar and on to you for the next clue.

Congrats Doc – Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

Thanks Ganesh for the efficient hosting amidst juggling with your travel and the Diwali festival and for the interesting word.

Here’s the link to the full results and you can see how you have been faring this year from our cumulative Leaderboard.

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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