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We had 26 clues and 30 voters. 1 participant did not vote. Great hosting by Madhusudan this week and here’s his summary of the results…

Thanks to all who submitted their clues and voted.

Winner
N Anantakrishnan:43
Air borne pathogen ultimately spreads – that’s obvious.

Second place
Textrous:26
In bar, one ordered drop of rum and piece of cake (2-7)

Third place
Aaron Riccio(@thatcrypticguy):23
Criminal near Robin: the Scarecrow, perhaps? (2-7)

Fourth place

Amrita Majumdar:19
Woman refused a bite of nice, rich brownie crumble for a piece of cake ( 2-7)

Satyen Nabar:19
Sad loner in bar needs a little love! That’s obvious (2-7)

Congrats to all winners. Passing the baton to N Anantakrishnan for the next round.

As always, many thanks to Sowmya for her coordination and guidance in running the contest.

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

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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