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Satyen Nabar was our host and here’s his summary of the results.

A close contest with top 5 clues running together till one broke free from the pack…  

GOLD won by

Sudden discovery of a sacred mantra found in stirring anthem (3,6)

Amrita Majumdar with 29 points. 

SILVER picked up by 

Apple hit a man observing motion, establishing new theory….leads to eye-opening discovery (3, 6)

Ganesh Raman with 26 points 

Bronze secured by 

A bad actor gets signal “Start to talk when the bulb lights up!” (3,6)

Ramki Krishnan with 25 points

Finally, we have a tie with two clues getting 24 points 

“Oprah,” a mom enthused, “got a sudden flash of inspiration!” (3, 6)

Manish Jhaveri 

Sudden realization comes to me that Namo’s rule lacks lustre (3,6)

Madhusudan H

Thanks for the clues and votes. Over to you Amrita!
Here’s the link to the full results

SR: Congrats Amrita – Your clue is now in our HALL OF FAME.

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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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